U Can: Chemistry I For Dummies 9781119079392, 111907939X

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U Can: Chemistry I For Dummies
 9781119079392, 111907939X

Table of contents :
Introduction 1 Part I GettIng Started with Chemistry 5 chapter 1: Looking at Numbers Scientifically 7 chapter 2: Using and Converting Units 23 chapter 3: Breaking Down Atoms into Their Subatomic Particles 41 chapter 4: Surveying the Periodic Table of the Elements 55 Part II Making and Breaking Bonds through Reactions 83 chapter 5: Building Bonds 85 chapter 6: Naming Compounds and Writing Formulas 123 chapter 7: Understanding the Many Uses of the Mole 145 chapter 8: Getting a Grip on Chemical Equations 161 chapter 9: Putting Stoichiometry to Work 183 Part III Examining Changes In Energy and SolutIons 201 chapter 10: Understanding States of Matter in Terms of Energy 203 chapter 11: Warming Up to Thermochemistry 221 chapter 12: Obeying Gas Laws 239 chapter 13: Dissolving into Solutions 265 chapter 14: Playing Hot and Cold: Colligative Properties 283 chapter 15: Working with Acids and Bases 297 chapter 16: Achieving Neutrality with Titrations and Buffers 315 Part IV Reaching Equilibrium 327 chapter 17: Exploring Rates and Equilibrium 329 chapter 18: Accounting for Electrons in Redox 341 chapter 19: Galvanizing Yourself to Do Electrochemistry 353 chapter 20: Doing Chemistry with Atomic Nuclei 367 Part V The Part of Tens 381 chapter 21: Ten Tips for Acing a Chemistry Test 383 chapter 22: Ten Chemistry Formulas You Should Remember 387 chapter 23: Ten Annoying Exceptions to Chemistry Rules 393 chapter 24: Ten (Or So) Great Chemists 399 chapter 25: Ten Serendipitous Discoveries in Chemistry 403 Glossary 407 Index 419

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