Chemistry & chemical reactivity / John C. Kotz, Keith F. Purcell.

CONTENT

PART ONE THE BASIC TOOLS OF CHEMISTRY
1. The tools of chemistry
2. Atoms and elements
3. Compounds and molecules
4. Chemical reactions: An Introduction
5. Reactions in aqueous sollution

PART TWO ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
7. Nuclear chemistry
8. Atomic structure
9. Atomic electron configurations and periodicity
10. Basic concepts of chemical bounding and metalic bonding
11. Further concepts of chemicalbonding: Orbital Hydridization, molecular orbits, and metalic bonding

PART THREE STATES OF MATTER
12 Gasses and thier behavior
13. Intermolecular forces, liquids and solids
14. Solutions and their behavior

PART FOUR THE CONTROL CHEMICAL REACTIONS
15.Chemical Kinetics: the rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions
16. Chemical equilibria: general concepts
17. The chemistry of acids and bases
18. Reactions between acids and bases
19. Precipitation reactions
20. The spontaneity of chemical reactions: entropy and free energy
21. Electrochemistry: The chemistry of Oxidation-reduction reactions

PART FIVE THE CHEMISTRY OF THE ELEMENTS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS
22. The chemistry of hydrogen and the s-block elements
23. Metals, metalloids and nonmetals: groups 3A and 4A
24. The chemistry nof the nonmetals: group 5A throuhg 7A and the rear gases
25. The transition element and their chemistry
26 Organic chemistry
27. Polymers; Natural and synthetic macromolecules

Includes Index: (various paging);