Table Of ContentReview: Measurement and Calculations in Chemistry.1. Chemical Foundations.2. Atomic Structure and Periodicity.3. Bonding: General Concepts.4. Molecular Structure and Orbitals.5. Stoichiometry.6. Types of Chemical Reactions and Solution Stoichiometry.7. Chemical Energy.8. Gases.9. Liquids and Solids.10. Properties of Solutions.11. Chemical Kinetics.12. Chemical Equilibrium.13. Acids and Bases.14. Acid-Base Equilibria15. Solubility and Complex Ion Equilibria.16. Spontaneity, Entropy, and Free Energy.17. Electrochemistry.18. The Nucleus: A Chemist's View.19. The Representative Elements.20. Transition Metals and Coordination Chemistry.21. Organic and Biological Molecules.
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