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Synopsis
This new edition is geared for the latest developments in your subject, and covers the hottest specialties in chemistry such as forensics and materials science.
About the Author
Jerome Rosenberg, Ph.D. (Pittsburgh, PA) is Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also the author of
Schaum's Outline of Beginning Chemistry.
Lawrence Epstein, Ph.D. (Pittsburgh, PA) is a retired professor of general chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh. He also coauthored Schaum's Outline of Beginning Chemistry.
Peter Krieger, Ed.D (West Palm Beach, FL) is a professor of natural sciences at Palm Beach Community College where he also serves as the chairperson of the chemistry/physics department. He is the author of several instructor's manuals in chemistry as well as Understanding General Chemistry (Simon and Schuster) published in 1997.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Quantities and UnitsChapter 2: Atomic and Molecular Mass; Molar MassChapter 3: Formulas and Composition CalculationsChapter 4: Calculations from Chemical EquationsChapter 5: Measurement of GasChapter 6: The Ideal Gas Law and Kinetic TheoryChapter 7: ThermochemistryChapter 8: Atomic Structure and the Periodic LawChapter 9: Chemical Bonding and Molecular StructureChapter 10: Solids and LiquidsChapter 11: Oxidation-ReductionChapter 12: Concentration of SolutionsChapter 13: Reactions Involving Standard SolutionsChapter 14: Properties of SolutionsChapter 15: Organic Chemistry and BiochemistryChapter 16: Thermodynamics and Chemical EquilibriumChapter 17: Acids and BasesChapter 18: Complex Ions; PrecipitatesChapter 19: ElectrochemistryChapter 20: Rates of ReactionsChapter 21: Nuclear ProcessesAppendix A: ExponentsAppendix B: Significant FiguresIndexTable of Atomic MassesNuclidic Masses of Selected RadionuclidesPeriodic Table of the Elements