Rothenberger, Otis S.

Liberal arts chemistry : worktext and laboratory manual / Otis S. Rothenberger, James W. Webb - Fourth ed. - Dubuque : Kendall / Hunt Publishing Co., c1998 - x, 411p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE: CHEMISTRY
Introduction
The science of chemistry
The nature of scientific thought
The scientific method
e.tc

CHAPTER TWO: MEASUREMENT AND ARITHMEIC TECHNIQUES
Introduction
The Metric system of measurement
Length measurement
Volume measurement
e.tc

CHAPTER THREE: MATTER AND CHEMICAL CHANGE
Introduction
The chemical classification of matter
Matter
Mixtures
e.tc

CHAPTER FOUR: NINETEENTH CENTURY ATOMIC THEORY
Introduction
A Pre-Daltonian Theory of chemical action
The Beginning of modern chemistry
Giving credit where credit is due
e.tc

CHAPTER FIVE: CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS
Introduction
Chemical symbols
Chemical formulas
Chemical equations
e.tc

CHAPTER SIX: THE PERIODIC TABLE OR YOU TOO CAN SPEAK CHEMISTRY
Introduction
Early attempts to organize the chemical elements
Additional atomic characteristics: volume and valence
e.tc

CHAPTER SEVEN: ENERGY RELATIONSHIPS IN CHEMICAL REACTIONS
Introduction
Consider a Barrel of petroleum
Energy
Classification of energy
The first law of Thermodynamics
e.tc

CHAPTER EIGHT: CHEMICAL BONDING AND THE GEOMETRY OF MOLECULES
Introduction
Philosophic Origins: The Regular Polyhedra
Crystals: A window to the Atomic/ Molecular World
e.tc

CHAPTER NINE: ATOMIC SUBSTRUCTURE
Introduction
Electrolysis
The laws of electric charge
The cathode Ray Tube and the Electron
e.tc



Includes Index

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