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An introduction to chemistry /
This publication is an entry-level textbook designed to meet the needs of college students who learned some chemistry in their high school years, but not enough to prepare them for advanced courses in chemistry, or to satisfy the chemistry prerequisite for courses they might want to take in other sc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2020.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- Notes for the reader
- Acknowledgements
- Part I: Matter. 1. Origins: from Boyle to Lavoisier
- 2. The return of the atom
- 3. The periodic table
- 4. On the structure of atoms
- 5. Electrons and atoms
- 6. The quantum
- 7. The periodic table revisited
- 8. Molecular quantum mechanics
- 9. Molecular geometry and coordination complexes
- 10. Liquids and solids
- Part II: Energy. 11. Heat, temperature, and gases
- 12. The first law of Thermodynamics
- 13. The second law of thermodynamics
- 14. Free energies
- 15. Electrochemistry
- 16. Ionic equilibria
- 17. Phase transitions
- 18. Reaction rates
- Part III: Selected topics. 19. On the chemistry of carbon
- 20. Biochemistry
- 21. Energy and climate change
- 22. Batteries, fuel cells and the hydrogen economy
- 23. Nitrogen
- 24. Iron
- 25. Non-ferrous metals
- 26. Nuclear chemistry
- Appendices. Appendix 1: The elements
- Appendix 2: Units of measure and constants
- Appendix 3: Balancing reaction equations
- Appendix 4: Oxidation numbers
- Appendix 5: A chemist's guide to classical mechanics
- Appendix 6: Derivation of the ideal gas law
- Appendix 7: Thermodynamic mathematics
- Appendix 8: Analysis of the Carnot cycle
- Appendix 9: Equilibrium constant calculations
- Appendix 10: pH calculations
- Appendix 11: Carbonate equilibria
- Index.