Study Guide for Chemistry: A Molecular Approach

The author’s goal in writing this book is to deliver the depth of coverage faculty want with the accessibility and clarity that students need for success.  Nivaldo J. Tro’s Chemistry: A Molecular Approach with MasteringChemistry^®, 2/e explains difficult chemical concepts in a concise and clear student-centered manner while also providing faculty with the flexibility to go more deeply into many key, often neglected, topics such as electron diffraction, molecular orbital theory, and free-energy changes under non-standard conditions.  Chemistry is presented visually through multi-level images (macroscopic, molecular and symbolic representations), which helps students see the connections among the formulas (symbolic), the world around them (macroscopic), and the atoms and molecules that make up the world (molecular). Among other revisions, the Second Edition offers a crisp new design, adds more challenging problems, and significantly revises coverage of electrochemistry.

Matter, Measurement, and Problem Solving; Atoms and Elements; Molecules, Compounds, and Chemical Equations; Chemical Quantities and Aqueous Reactions; Gases; Thermochemistry; The Quantum-Mechanical Model of the Atom; Periodic Properties of the Elements; Chemical Bonding I: Lewis Theory; Chemical Bonding II: Molecular Shapes, Valence Bond Theory, and Molecular Orbital Theory; Liquids, Solids, and Intermolecular Forces; Solutions; Chemical Kinetics; Chemical Equilibrium; Acids and Bases; Aqueous Ionic Equilibrium; Free Energy and Thermodynamics; Electrochemistry; Radioactivity and Nuclear Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Biochemistry; Chemistry of the Nonmetals; Metals and Metallurgy; Transition Metals and Coordination Compounds.

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This innovative text explains difficult concepts in a relevant, student-oriented manner.  Chemistry is presented visually through multi-level images—macroscopic, molecular and symbolic representations—helping you see the connections among the formulas (symbolic), the world around you (macroscopic), and the atoms and molecules that make up the world (molecular). Among other revisions, the Second Edition offers a crisp new design, adds more challenging problems, and significantly revises coverage of electrochemistry. Used by over a million science students, the Mastering platform is the most effective and widely used online tutorial, homework, and assessment system for the sciences.

Chapter 1     Matter, Measurement, and Problem Solving

Chapter 2     Atoms and Elements

Chapter 3     Molecules, Compounds, and Chemical Equations

Chapter 4     Chemical Quantities and Aqueous Reactions

Chapter 5     Gases

Chapter 6     Thermochemistry

Chapter 7     The Quantum-Mechanical Model of the Atom

Chapter 8     Periodic Properties of the Elements

Chapter 9     Chemical Bonding I: Lewis Theory

Chapter 10     Chemical Bonding II: Molecular Shapes, Valence Bond Theory, and

                        Molecular Orbital Theory

Chapter 11     Liquids, Solids, and Intermolecular Forces

Chapter 12     Solutions

Chapter 13     Chemical Kinetics

Chapter 14     Chemical Equilibrium

Chapter 15     Acids and Bases

Chapter 16     Aqueous Ionic Equilibrium

Chapter 17     Free Energy and Thermodynamics

Chapter 18      Electrochemistry

Chapter 19     Radioactivity and Nuclear Chemistry

Chapter 20     Organic Chemistry

Chapter 21     Biochemistry

Chapter 22     Chemistry of the Nonmetals

Chapter 23     Metals and Metallurgy

Chapter 24     Transition Metals and Coordination Compounds