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Chemistry in Focus : Molecular View of Our World
ISBN: 9780534407889 | 0534407889
Edition: 2nd Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 11/24/2004
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From the opening example to the closing chapter, the Second Edition Update of CHEMISTRY IN FOCUS maintains a consistent focus on explaining the connections between the macroscopic world (what we can see) and the molecular world (what we cannot see). With multi-part images that feature photographs of everyday objects or processes and magnifications that reveal the molecules and the atoms responsible, the book's "molecular vision" art program is truly unique. In addition, Tro develops students' appreciation for the fundamental role the molecular ... MORE
| Molecular Reasons | |
| Firesticks | |
| Molecular Reasons | |
| The Scientist and the Artist | |
| The First People to Wonder about Molecular Reasons | |
| Immortality and Endless Riches | |
| The Beginning of Understanding | |
| The Classification of Matter | |
| The Atomic Theory | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| References | |
| Exercises | |
| The Chemist's Tool Box | |
| Curious About Oranges | |
| Feynman's Ants | |
| Measurement | |
| Theorizing | |
| Reading Graphs | |
| Mathematics in Chemistry | |
| Scientific Notation | |
| Algebraic Manipulations | |
| Solving Word Problems | |
| A Ton Of Bricks and A Ton of Feathers | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| References | |
| Exercises | |
| Atoms And Elements | |
| A Walk on the Beach | |
| Protons Determine the Element | |
| Electrons | |
| Neutrons | |
| Specifying an Atom | |
| Atomic Weight | |
| Periodic Law | |
| A Theory that Explains the Periodic Law: The Bohr Model | |
| Families of Elements | |
| A Dozen Nails and a Mole of Atoms | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| References | |
| Exercises | |
| Molecules And Compounds | |
| What Matter Does, Molecules Do | |
| Compounds | |
| Chemical Formulas | |
| Ionic Compounds | |
| Covalent Compounds | |
| Molecular Weight | |
| Chemical Formulas as Conversion Factors | |
| Naming Simple Compounds | |
| Forming and Transforming Compounds: Chemical Reactions | |
| Chemical Equations as Conversion Factors | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| References | |
| Exercises | |
| The Bonds That Change | |
| From Poison to Seasoning | |
| Chemical Bonding and Professor G. N. Lewis | |
| Ionic Lewis Structures | |
| Covalent Lewis Structures | |
| The Lewis Structure of Ozone | |
| The Shapes of Molecules | |
| Water: Polar Bonds and Polar Molecules | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| References | |
| Exercises | |
| Organic Chemistry | |
| A Monstrous Thicket | |
| A Vital Force | |
| The Simplest Organic Compounds: Hydrocarbons | |
| Naming Hydrocarbons | |
| Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Kekule's Dream | |
| Functional Groups | |
| Chlorinated Hydrocarbons | |
| Alcohols | |
| Aldehydes and Ketones | |
| Carboxylic Acids | |
| Esters and Ethers | |
| Amines | |
| A Look at a Label | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| References | |
| Exercises | |
| Light And Color | |
| A New England Fall | |
| Light | |
| The Electromagnetic Spectrum | |
| Excited Electrons | |
| Identifying Molecules and Atoms with Light | |
| Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Spectroscopy of the Human Body | |
| Lasers | |
| Lasers in Medicine | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| References | |
| Exercises | |
| Nuclear Chemistry | |
| A Tragedy | |
| An Accidental Discovery | |
| Radioactivity | |
| Half Life | |
| Nuclear Fission | |
| The Manhattan Project | |
| Nuclear Power | |
| Mass Defect and Nuclear Binding Energy | |
| Fusion | |
| The Effect of Radiation on Human Life | |
| Carbon Dating and the Shroud of Turin | |
| Uranium and the Age of the Earth | |
| Nuclear Medicine | |
| Chapter Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| References | |
| Exercises | |
| Energy For Today | |
| Molecules in Motion | |
| Our Absolute Reliance on Energy | |
| The Total Amount of Energy Is Constant: You Can't Get Something for Nothing | |
| The Total Amount of Disorder Increases: Nature's Heat Tax | |
| Some Units and Definitions | |
| Chemistry and Energy | |
| Energy for Our Society | |
| Electricity from Fossil Fuels | |
| Environmental Problems Associated with Fossil Fuel Use: Smog | |
| Environmental Problems Associated with Fossil Fuel Use: Acid Rain | |
| Environmental Problems Associated with Fossil Fuel Use: Global Warming | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| References | |
| Exercises | |
| Energy For Tomorrow: Solar And Other Renewable Energy Sources | |
| Earth's Ultimate Energy Source: The Sun | |
| Hydroelectric Power: The World's Most Used Solar Energy Source | |
| Wind Power | |
| Solar Thermal Energy: Focusing and Storing the Sun | |
| Photovoltaic Energy: From Light to Electricity with No Moving Parts | |
| Energy Storage: The Plague of Solar Sources | |
| Biomass: Energy from Plants | |
| Geothermal Power | |
| Nuclear Power | |
| Efficiency and Conservation | |
| 2040 World: A Speculative Glimpse into the Future | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| References | |
| Exercises | |
| The Air Around Us | |
| Air Bags | |
| A Gas Is a Swarm of Particles | |
| Pressure | |
| The Relationships Between Gas Properties | |
| The Atmosphere: What Is in It? | |
| The Atmosphere: A Layered Structure | |
| Air Pollution: An Environmental Problem in the Troposphere | |
| Cleaning up Air Pollution: The Clean Air Act | |
| Ozone Depletion: An Environmental Problem in the Stratosphere | |
| The Montreal Protocol: The End | |
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