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Chemistry
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Conceptual Chemistry

Author: John A. Suchocki
Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2006, 768pp, 3rd ed.

Conceptual Chemistry, Third Edition features more applied material and an expanded quantitative approach to help readers understand how chemistry is related to their everyday lives. Building on the clear, friendly writing style and superior art program that has made Conceptual Chemistry a market-leading textbook, the Third Edition of this textbook links chemistry to the real world and ensures that readers master the problem-solving skills they need to solve chemical equations.
Table of contents
  1. Chemistry Is A Science
  2. Elements of Chemistry
  3. Discovering the Atom and Subatomic Particles
  4. The Atomic Nucleus
  5. Atomic Models
  6. Chemical Bonding and Molecular Shapes
  7. Molecular Mixing
  8. Those Incredible Water Molecules
  9. An Overview of Chemical Reactions
  10. Acids and Bases
  11. Oxidations and Reductions
  12. Organic Chemistry
  13. Chemicals of Life
  14. The Chemistry of Drugs
  15. Optimizing Food Production
  16. Fresh Water Resources
  17. Air Resources
  18. Material Resources
  19. Energy Resources of Carbon
  20. Synthetic and Biological Polymers