Introduction to general chemistry
/ Jerome K. Holmes.
- Saint Louis : Mosby, 1965.
- 446 p. illus. 27 cm.
1. Out of alchemy 2. Units of measurement - the metric system 3. Kinds of matter - mixtures and pure substances (elements and compounds) 4. The elements and compounds - atomic structure 5. Ionic or electrostatic bonding 6. Reactions and equations - stoichiometry 7. Hydrogen, oxygen, water and hydrogen peroxide; acids and bases, molar solutions, salts and buffers 8. Ionic equations and why reactions go to completion 9. Gases and kinetic theory 10. Physical nature of matter 11. Covalent bonds 12. The periodic system; the scientific method 13. Energy, heat and calorimetry 14. Oxidation reduction reactions 15. Solutions; molecular weight determinations; analysis/ colloids 16. Chemistry of some selected elements 17. Nuclear reactions and nuclear processes 18. Organic chemistry 19. Biochemistry