About this product

Chemical Principles

Provides a firm chemical foundation to nurture the insight that helps students become scientists. Throughout the text, students are encouraged to question how knowledge was obtained, what its relevance is to the outside world and how mathematics can turn concepts into testable theories.

Contents

Fundamentals - Atoms: The Quantum World - Chemical Bonds - Molecular Shape and Structure - The Properties of Gases - Liquids and Solids - Thermodynamics: The First Law - Systems, States, and Energies - Thermodynamics: The Second and Third Laws - Physical Equilibria - Chemical Equilibria - Acids and Bases - Aqueous Equilibria - Electrochemistry - Chemcial Kinetics - The Elements: The First Four Main Groups - The Elements: The Last Four Main Groups - The d-Block: Metals in Transition - Nuclear Chemistry - Organic Chemistry - Glossary - Answers - Index.

About the author

PETER ATKINS, Oxford University - LORETTA JONES, University of Northern Colorado.

Specifications

Pm Supplier	Macmillan Publishers International Ltd
Pm Publisher	W.H. Freeman & Co. Ltd
Pm Isbn 10	0716732645
Pm Isbn 13	9780716732648
Pm Publication Date	1999-12-31
Pm Width	0
Pm Height	270
Pm Author	Atkins, Peter, Jones, Loretta
Pm Longness	0

The Quest for Insight
Key Info: Col photos, col illus, figs, tabs
Author: Atkins, Peter, Jones, Loretta
Page Count: 1053
Publication Date: 1999-12-31