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Excellent introductory textbook, McMurry/Fay makes the right connections in general chemistry topically, visually, and quantitatively. Chemistry is mastered when students make the right connections in three key areas; topics that are related, conceptual reasoning with quantitative work, and the different modes of communicating information. McMurry's introductory textbook breaks through the boundaries traditionally imposed by textbooks that have historically made it difficult for students to make these connections on their own.

Table of contents

	Preface
	Supplements
	A Guide to Using this Text
	About the Authors
1	Chemistry: Matter and Measurement	1
2	Atoms, Molecules, and Ions	36
3	Formulas, Equations, and Moles	75
4	Reactions in Aqueous Solution	115
5	Periodicity and Atomic Structure	153
6	Ionic Bonds and Some Main-Group Chemistry	200
7	Covalent Bonds and Molecular Structure	239
8	Thermochemistry: Chemical Energy	294
9	Gases: Their Properties and Behavior	339
10	Liquids, Solids, and Phase Changes	376
11	Solutions and Their Properties	420
12	Chemical Kinetics	461
13	Chemical Equilibrium	513
14	Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Water	555
15	Aqueous Equilibria: Acids and Bases	586
16	Applications of Aqueous Equilibria	634
17	Thermodynamics: Entropy, Free Energy, and Equilibrium	687
18	Electrochemistry	727
19	The Main-Group Elements	776
20	Transition Elements and Coordination Chemistry	823
21	Metals and Solid-State Materials	873
22	Nuclear Chemistry	906
23	Organic Chemistry	942
24	Biochemistry	987
App. A	Mathematical Operations	A-1
App. B	Thermodynamic Properties at 25[degree]C	A-10
App. C	Equilibrium Constants at 25[degree]C	A-13
App. D	Standard Reduction Potentials at 25[degree]C	A-16
	Answers to Selected Problems	A-18
	Glossary	G-1
	Index	I-1
	Photo Credits	C-1