CHEMISTRY ESSENTIALS FOR DUMMIES. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Moore, John T
• Contents: Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Chapter 1 Matter and Energy: Exploring the Stuff of Chemistry; Knowing the States of Matter and Their Changes; Solids, liquids, and gases; Condensing and freezing; Melting and boiling; Skipping liquids: Sublimation; Pure Substances and Mixtures; Pure substances; Throwing mixtures into the mix; Measuring Matter; Nice Properties You've Got There; Energy Types; Kinetic energy; Potential energy Temperature and HeatChapter 2 What's in an Atom?; Subatomic Particles; Centering on the Nucleus; Locating Those Electrons; The quantum mechanical model; Energy level diagrams; Isotopes and Ions; Isotopes: Varying neutrons; Ions: Varying electrons; Chapter 3 The Periodic Table; Repeating Patterns: The Modern Periodic Table; Arranging Elements in the Periodic Table; Grouping metals, nonmetals, and metalloids; Arranging elements by families and periods; Chapter 4 Nuclear Chemistry; Seeing How the Atom's Put Together; Dealing with a Nuclear Breakup: Balancing Reactions Understanding Types of Natural Radioactive DecayAlpha emission; Beta emission; Gamma emission; Positron emission; Electron capture; Half-Lives and Radioactive Dating; Calculating remaining radioactivity; Radioactive dating; Breaking Elements Apart with Nuclear Fission; Mass defect: Where does all that energy come from?; Chain reactions and critical mass; Coming Together with Nuclear Fusion; Chapter 5 Ionic Bonding; Forming Ions: Making Satisfying Electron Trades; Gaining and losing electrons; Looking at charges on single-atom ions; Grouping atoms to form polyatomic ions Creating Ionic CompoundsMaking the bond: Sodium metal + chlorine gas = sodium chloride; Figuring out the formulas of ionic compounds; Naming ionic compounds; Bonding Clues: Electrolytes and Nonelectrolytes; Chapter 6 Covalent Bonding; Covalent Bond Basics; Sharing electrons: A hydrogen example; Comparing covalent bonds with other bonds; Dealing with multiple bonds; Naming Covalent Compounds Made of Two Elements; Writing Covalent Compound Formulas; Empirical formulas; Molecular or true formulas; Structural formulas: Dots and dashes; Electronegativities: Which Atoms Have More Pull? Predicting the type of bondPolar covalent bonding: Creating partial charges; Attracting other molecules: Intermolecular forces; Chapter 7 Chemical Reactions; Reactants and Products: Reading Chemical Equations; Collision Theory: How Reactions Occur; Hitting the right spot; Adding, releasing, and absorbing energy; Types of Reactions; Combination reactions: Coming together; Decomposition reactions: Breaking down; Single displacement reactions: Kicking out another element; Double displacement reactions: Trading places; Combustion reactions: Burning; Redox reactions: Exchanging electrons
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : JOHN WILEY
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume.)
• Subjects: 540; Chemistry; SCIENCE / Chemistry / General; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119591139; 1119591139; 9781119591115; 1119591112
• Related ISBNs: 1119591147; 9781119591146
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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