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Designed for students with little or no previous instruction in chemistry or for those who need a review, this text provides the background needed for a main sequence college-level general chemistry course. It covers the same material as "Preparatory Chemistry" 5/e, with additional chapters on reaction rates and chemical equilibrium, nuclear chemistry, and hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon derivatives.