General Chemistry I as a Second Language Mastering the Fundamental Skills,9780471716624

General Chemistry I as a Second Language Mastering the Fundamental Skills

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780471716624
ISBN10: 0471716626
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-03-16
Publisher(s): WILEY
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Summary

Improve your problem-solving skills: "General Chemistry as a Second Language" will help you develop the skills you need to solve a variety of problem types - even unfamiliar ones!

Author Biography

David Klein is a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University where he teaches Organic and General Chemistry. He is a dynamic and creative teacher and uses analogy to help students grasp difficult topics. Klein’s unique informal voice and manner of presentation help students truly master key topics in this course. He is also the author of Organic Chemistry as a Second Language; response to this book has been phenomenal.

Table of Contents

Numbers in Chemistry
 * Units - dimensional analysis
 * Significant figures in calculations
 * Orders of Magnitude
Drawing Molecules
 * Chemical formulas
 * Lewis Structures (Octet Rule)
 * Resonance Structures
 * Molecular Masses from Chemical Formulas
Naming Molecules
 * Molecular
 * Ionic
The Mole
 * Molar mass
 * Interconverting moles, mass, and number of chemical entities
 * Mass % from the chemical formula
Stoichiometry
 * Balancing equations
 * Limiting reactant
 * Theoretical, actual and % yields
Gases
 * Ideal Gas Law
 * Solving Gas problems
 * Real Gases: the van der Waals Equation
Energy
 * Heat and Work
 * State Functions vs. Pathways
 * Enthalpy
 * Hess’s Law
 * Enthalpy of Formation
Phases of Matter
 * Intermolecular Forces
 * Hydrogen Bonding
 * Phase Diagrams

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