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Tables of Contents for The Chemical World
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
The Nature of Chemistry
1
25
Science and the Ozone Layer
2
2
How Science Is Done
4
1
Simple But Elegant Experiments: Explaining the Challenger Explosion
5
2
Physical Properties of Matter
7
2
States of Matter and a Model to Explain Them
9
2
Substances, Mixtures, and Separations
11
3
Chemistry You Can Do Crystalline Solids
12
2
Chemical Elements
14
1
Chemical Compounds
14
1
Chemical Changes and Chemical Properties
15
2
Classifying Matter
17
1
Why Care About Science?
18
1
Risk and Benefits
18
8
Elements and Atoms
26
52
Origins of Atomic Theory
27
1
The Modern Atomic Theory
28
1
Portrait of a Scientist
29
1
John Dalton
The Chemical Elements
29
7
Chemistry You Can Do Preparing a Pure Sample of an Element
33
3
Portrait of a Scientist
36
1
Richard Smalley
Atomic Structure
36
2
Subatomic Particles
38
4
The Nuclear Atom
42
2
Portrait of a Scientist
43
1
Ernest Rutherford
The Sizes of Atoms and Units to Represent Them
44
4
Isotopes
48
4
Chemistry in the News
51
1
Newest, Heaviest Elements
Isotopes and Atomic Weight
52
2
Amounts of Substances---The Mole
54
3
Molar Mass and Problem Solving
57
3
The Periodic Table
60
18
Portrait of a Scientist
63
6
Dmitri Mendeleev
Chemistry in the News Buckyballs from Outer Space?
69
9
Chemical Compounds
78
52
Molecular Compounds
79
4
Naming Binary Molecular Compounds
83
1
Organic Compounds: Hydrocarbons
84
3
Alkanes and Their Isomers
87
2
Ions and Ionic Compounds
89
6
Naming Ionic Compounds
95
3
Properties of Ionic Compounds
98
3
Ionic Compounds in Aqueous Solutions: Electrolytes
101
2
Portrait of a Scientist Michael Faraday
103
1
Ionic Compounds in Aqueous Solution: Solubility
103
2
The Biological Periodic Table
105
2
Chemistry You Can Do Pumping Iron: How Strong Is Your Breakfast Cereal?
107
1
Biomolecules: Carbohydrates and Fats
107
5
Chemistry in the News Olestra: Sugar + Fat = Low Calories
111
1
Moles of Compounds
112
4
Percent Composition
116
1
Determining Empirical and Molecular Formulas
116
14
Chemical Reactions
130
49
Chemical Equations
131
3
Portrait of a Scientist
132
2
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
Balancing Chemical Equations
134
5
Patterns of Chemical Reactions
139
9
Portrait of a Scientist
146
2
Alfred Bernhard Nobel
Exchange Reactions: Precipitation and Net Ionic Equations
148
4
Acids, Bases, and Exchange Reactions
152
5
Gas-Forming Reactions
157
1
Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
158
5
Oxidation Numbers and Redox Reactions
163
4
Chemistry in the News CFC Disposal Using Redox Reactions
167
1
Displacement Reactions, Redox, and the Activity Series
167
12
Chemistry You Can Do Pennies, Redox, and the Activity Series of Metals
171
8
Relating Quantities of Reactions and Products
179
40
The Mole Concept and Chemical Reactions: The Macro-Nano Connection
180
6
Reactions with One Reactant in Limited Supply
186
5
Chemistry You Can Do Vinegar and Baking Soda: A Stoichiometry Experiment
190
1
Evaluating the Success of a Synthesis: Percent Yield
191
2
Chemical Equations and Chemical Analysis
193
2
Portrait of a Scientist
194
1
Marion David Francis
Percent Composition and Empirical Formulas
195
3
A Solution for Solutions
198
5
Molarity and Reactions in Aqueous Solutions
203
16
Chemistry in the News Solving a Problem in Industrial Chemistry
204
15
Principles of Reactivity I: Energy Transfer and Chemical Reactions
219
49
Conservation of Energy
220
5
Energy Units
225
1
Heat Capacity and Specific Heat Capacity
226
5
Energy Transfers and Changes of State
231
9
Chemistry in the News Capturing the Sums Energy
234
3
Portrait of a Scientist
237
3
James Prescott Joule
Enthalpy Changes for Chemical Reactions
240
5
Chemistry You Can Do
241
4
Rusting
Heating
Using Thermochemical Equations for Chemical Reactions
245
2
Measuring Enthalpy Changes for Reactions: Calorimetry
247
3
Hess's Law
250
1
Standard Molar Enthalpies of Formation
251
4
Chemical Fuels
255
13
Principles of Reactivity II: Directionality of Chemical Reactions
268
34
Probability and Chemical Reactions
270
2
Measuring Dispersal or Disorder: Entropy
272
6
Portrait of a Scientist
274
4
Ludwig Boltzmann
Calculating Entropy Changes
278
1
Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
279
3
Chemistry You Can Do
280
2
Rubber Bands
Thermodynamics
Gibbs Free Energy
282
2
Gibbs Free Energy and Energy Resources
284
3
Chemistry in the News
285
2
Generating Oxygen
Heat
Free Energy and Biological Systems
287
6
Conservation of Free Energy
293
9
Electron Configurations, Periodicity, and Properties of Elements
302
51
Electromagnetic Radiation and Matter
303
2
Planck's Quantum Theory
305
4
Chemistry You Can Do Using a Compact Disc as a Diffraction Grating
308
1
Models of the Atom
309
9
Chemistry in the News Hydrogen Molecules in Space May Account for Mystery Spectral Bands
316
Portrait of a Scientist
311
7
Niels Bohr
Spin-Like Properties of Electrons in Atoms
318
2
Atom Electron Configurations
320
11
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Its Applications
331
2
Atomic Radii
333
3
Ionic Radii
336
1
Ionization Energies
337
3
Periodic Trends in Properties of the Elements: Periods 1 and 2
340
13
Covalent Bonding
353
44
Covalent Bonding
354
2
Portrait of a Scientist
356
1
Gilbert Newton Lewis
Single Covalent Bonds and Lewis Structures
356
6
Chemistry in the News Keeping Cool, But Safely
362
1
Multiple Covalent Bonds
362
5
Exceptions to the Octet Rule
367
3
Bond Properties
370
5
Lewis Structures and Resonance
375
2
Aromatic Compounds
377
3
Bond Polarity and Electronegativity
380
4
Portrait of a Scientist
381
3
Linus Pauling
Coordinate Covalent Bonds: Complex Ions and Coordination Compounds
384
13
Chemistry You Can Do A Penny for Your Thoughts
388
9
Molecular Structures
397
1
Molecular Modeling
398
2
Predicting Molecular Shapes: VSEPR
400
1
Chemistry You Can Do Using Balloons as Models
401
9
Orbitals Consistent with Molecular Shapes: Hybridization
410
9
Molecular Polarity
419
4
Noncovalent Interactions and Forces Between Molecules
423
6
Portrait of a Scientist
429
1
Art Fry
Chiral Molecules
430
3
Chemistry in the News
433
1
Chiral Drugs
Molecular Structure Determination by Spectroscopy: UV-Visible and IR
433
3
Biomolecules: DNA and the Importance of Molecular Structures
436
APPENDICES
A Problem Solving
B Mathematical Operations
C Units, Equivalences, and Conversion Factors
D Physical Constants
E Naming Simple Organic Compounds and Coordination Compounds
F Ionization Constants for Weak Acids at 25 °ree;C
G Ionization Constants for Weak Bases at 25 °ree;C
H Solubility Product Constants for Some Inorganic Compounds at 25 °ree;C
I Standard Reduction Potentials in Aqueous Solution at 25 °ree;C
J Selected Thermodynamic Values
K Answers to Problem-Solving Practices
L Answers to Exercises
M Answers to Selected Questions for Review and Thought
Index
Glossary