OpenStax. Chemistry

OpenStax College, 2015. — 1393 p.Welcome to Chemistry, an OpenStax College resource. This textbook has been created with several goals in mind: accessibility, customization, and student engagement—all while encouraging students toward high levels of academic scholarship. Instructors and students alike will find that this textbook offers a strong foundation in chemistry in an accessible format.
Chemistry is designed for the two-semester general chemistry course. For many students, this course provides the foundation to a career in chemistry, while for others, this may be their only college-level science course. As such, this textbook provides an important opportunity for students to learn the core concepts of chemistry and understand how those concepts apply to their lives and the world around them. The text has been developed to meet the scope and sequence of most general chemistry courses. At the same time, the book includes a number of innovative features designed to enhance student learning. A strength of Chemistry is that instructors can customize the book, adapting it
to the approach that works best in their classroom.Essential Ideas
Atoms, Molecules, and Ions
Composition of Substances and Solutions
Stoichiometry of Chemical Reactions
Thermochemistry
Electronic Structure and Periodic Properties of Elements
Chemical Bonding and Molecular Geometry
Advanced Theories of Covalent Bonding
Gases
Liquids and Solids
Solutions and Colloids
Kinetics
Fundamental Equilibrium Concepts
Acid-Base Equilibria
Equilibria of Other Reaction Classes
Thermodynamics
Electrochemistry
Representative Metals, Metalloids, and Nonmetals
Transition Metals and Coordination Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Nuclear Chemistry
The Periodic Table
Essential Mathematics
Units and Conversion Factors
Fundamental Physical Constants
Water Properties
Composition of Commercial Acids and Bases
Standard Thermodynamic Properties for Selected Substances
Ionization Constants of Weak Acids
Ionization Constants of Weak Bases
Solubility Products
Formation Constants for Complex Ions
Standard Electrode (Half-Cell) Potentials
Half-Lives for Several Radioactive Isotopes