TY - BOOK AU - Chang,Raymond TI - Chemistry SN - 007011644 U1 - 540 PY - 1998/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Chemistry N1 - Includes index; Chemistry: the study of change -- Atoms, molecules, and ions -- Mass relationships in chemical reactions -- Reactions in aqueous solutions -- Gases -- Thermochemistry -- Quantum theory and the electronic structure of atoms -- Periodic relationships among the elements -- Chemical bonding I: basic concepts -- Chemical bonding II: molecular geometry and hybridization of atomic orbitals -- Intermolecular forces and liquids and solids -- Physical properties of solutions -- Chemical kinetics -- Chemical equilibrium -- Acids and bases -- Acid-base equlibria and solubility equilibria -- Chemistry in the atmosphere -- Entropy, free energy, and equilibrium -- Electrochemistry -- Metallurgy and the chemistry of metals -- Nonmetallic elements and their compounds -- Transition metals chemistry and coordination compounds -- Nuclear chemistry -- Organic chemistry -- Synthetic and natural organic polymers -- Derivation of the names of elements -- Units for the gas constant -- Thermodynamic data at 1 atm and 25 C -- Mathematical operations ER -