TY - BOOK AU - Chang,Raymond TI - Essential chemistry / SN - 007011207X (acidfree paper) U1 - 540 20 PY - 1996/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Chemistry N1 - Includes index; Ch. 1. Introduction ; Ch. 2. Atoms, Molecules, and Ions ; Ch. 3. Stoichiometry ; Ch. 4. Reactions in Aqueous Solutions ; Ch. 5. Gases ; Ch. 6. Energy Relationships in Chemical Reactions ; Ch. 7. Electronic Structure of Atoms ; Ch. 8. Periodic Table ; Ch. 9. Chemical Bonding I: The Covalent Bond ; Ch. 10. Chemical Bonding II: Molecular Geometry and Hybridization of Atomic Orbitals ; Ch. 11. Intermolecular Forces and Liquids and Solids ; Ch. 12. Physical Properties of Solutions ; Ch. 13. Introduction to Organic Chemistry ; Ch. 14. Organic Polymers ; Synthetic and Natural ; Ch. 15. Chemical Equilibrium ; Ch. 16. Acids and Bases ; Ch. 17. Acid-Base Equilibria and Solubility Equilibria ; Ch. 18. Chemistry of Coordination Compounds ; Ch. 19. Thermodynamics ; Ch. 20. Redox Reactions and Electrochemistry ; Ch. 21. Chemical Kinetics ; Ch. 22. Nuclear Chemistry ; App. 1. Units for the Gas Constant ; App. 2. Selected Thermodynamic Data at 1 ATM and 25[celsius degrees] ; App. 3. Mathematical Operations ; App. 4. Elements and the Derivation of Their Names and Symbols ER -