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Chemistry for Changing Times
ISBN: 9780131402461 | 0131402463
Edition: 10thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2004
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For a one- or two-term Chemistry and Society course for non-science majors. Visually appealing, understandable, and interesting to read, the tenth edition of Chemistry for Changing Times is still the leading text that defines the liberal arts chemistry course. The text has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest scientific knowledge; each chapter has also been carefully rewritten to clarify and simplify where necessary. The authors personalize chemistry for today's studentsallowing them to focus on evaluating information about real-life i... MORE
| (Note:Each chapter concludes with a Summary, Key Terms, Review Questions, Problems, Additional Problems, Group Projects, and References and Readings.) | |
| Chemistry: A Science for All Seasons | |
| Science and Technology: The Roots of Knowledge | |
| The Baconian Dream and the Carsonian Nightmare | |
| Science: Testable, Reproducible, Explanatory, Predictive, and Tentative | |
| Limitations of Science | |
| Sc... MORE | |
| Chemistry: Its Central Role | |
| Solving Society's Problems: Scientific Research | |
| Chemistry: A Study of Matter and Its Changes | |
| Classification of Matter | |
| Measurement of Matter | |
| Density | |
| Energy: Heat and Temperature | |
| Critical Thinking | |
| Atoms: Are They for Real? Atoms: The Greek Idea | |
| Lavoisier: The Law of Conservation of Mass | |
| Proust: The Law of Definite Proportions | |
| John Dalton and the Atomic Theory of Matter | |
| Out of Chaos: The Periodic Table | |
| Atoms: Real and Relevant | |
| Leucippus Revisited: Molecules | |
| Atomic Structure: Images of the Invisible | |
| Electricity and the Atom | |
| Serendipity in Science: X-Rays and Radioactivity | |
| Three Types of Radioactivity | |
| Rutherford's Experiment: The Nuclear Model of the Atom | |
| Structure of the Nucleus | |
| Electron Arrangement: The Bohr Model | |
| Electron Arrangement: The Quantum Model | |
| Electron Configurations and the Periodic Table | |
| Which Model to Choose? | |
| Nuclear Chemistry: The Heart of the Matter | |
| Natural Radioactivity | |
| Nuclear Equations | |
| Half-Life | |
| Radioisotopic Dating | |
| Artificial Transmutation | |
| Uses of Radioisotopes | |
| Nuclear Medicine | |
| Penetrating Power of Radiation | |
| Energy from the Nucleus | |
| Building the Bomb | |
| Radioactive Fallout | |
| Nuclear Power Plants | |
| Thermonuclear Reactions | |
| The Nuclear Age | |
| Chemical Bonds: The Ties That Bind | |
| The Art of Deduction: Stable Electron Configurations | |
| Electron-Dot Structures | |
| Sodium Reacts with Chlorine: The Facts | |
| Sodium Reacts with Chlorine: The Theory | |
| Using Electron-Dot Symbols: More Ionic Compounds | |
| Formulas and Names of Binary Ionic Compounds | |
| Covalent Bonds: Shared Electron Pairs | |
| Unequal Sharing: Polar Covalent Bonds | |
| Polyatomic Molecules: Water, Ammonia, and Methane | |
| Polyatomic Ions | |
| Rules for Writing Electron-Dot Formulas | |
| Odd-Electron Molecules: Free Radicals | |
| Molecular Shapes: The VSEPR Theory | |
| Shapes and Properties: Polar and Nonpolar Molecules | |
| Intermolecular Forces and States of Matter | |
| A Chemical Vocabulary | |
| Chemical Accounting: Mass and Volume Relationships | |
| Chemical Sentences: Equations | |
| Volume Relationships in Chemical Equations | |
| Avogadro's Number: 6.02 X 1023 | |
| The Mole: ldquo;A Dozen Eggs and a Mole of Sugar, Please.rdquo; | |
| Mole and Mass Relationships in Chemical Equations | |
| The Gas Laws | |
| Solutions | |
| Acids and Bases: Please Pass the Protons | |
| Acids and Bases: Experimental Definitions | |
| Acids, Bases, and Salts | |
| Acidic and Basic Anhydrides | |
| Strong and Weak Acids and Bases | |
| The pH Scale | |
| Acid Rain | |
| Antacids: A Basic Remedy | |
| Acids and Bases in Industry and in Us | |
| Oxidation and Reduction: Burn and Unburn | |
| Oxidation and Reduction: Three Views | |
| Oxidizing and Reducing Agents | |
| Electrochemistry: Cells and Batteries | |
| Corrosion | |
| Explosive Reactions | |
| Oxygen: An Abundant and Essential Oxidizing Agent | |
| Other Common Oxidizing Agents | |
| Some Reducing Agents of Interest | |
| A Closer Look at Hydrogen | |
| Oxidation, Reduction, and Living Things | |
| Organic Chemistry: The Infinite Variety of Carbon Compounds | |
| The Unique Carbon Atom | |
| Alkanes | |
| Cyclic Hydrocarbons: Rings and Things | |
| Unsaturated and H | |
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