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Contents

List of Applications? vi
Preface?vii

1
1.1
1.2
1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6

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2.1
2.2

2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7

Chemistry: The Science of Change? 2
The Study of Chemistry? 3
• Chemistry You May Already Know? 3 • The Scientific Method? 3
Classification of Matter? 5
• States of Matter? 5 • Mixtures? 5
The Properties of Matter? 7
• Physical Properties? 7 • Chemical Properties? 7 • Extensive and Intensive
Properties?7
Scientific Measurement? 8
• SI Base Units? 9 • Mass? 9 • Temperature? 10 • Derived Units: Volume and
Density?12
Uncertainty in Measurement? 14
• Significant Figures? 14 • Calculations with Measured Numbers? 15
• Accuracy and Precision? 18 • Thinking Outside the Box: Tips for Success in
Chemistry Class? 19
Using Units and Solving Problems? 20
• Conversion Factors? 20 • Dimensional Analysis—Tracking Units? 20

Atoms and the Periodic Table? 32
Atoms First? 33
Subatomic Particles and Atomic Structure? 34
• Discovery of the Electron? 34 • Radioactivity? 36 • The Proton and the Nuclear
Model of the Atom? 37 • The Neutron? 38
Atomic Number, Mass Number, and Isotopes? 39
Nuclear Stability? 41
• Patterns of Nuclear Stability? 41
Average Atomic Mass ? 43
• Thinking Outside the Box: Measuring Atomic Mass? 44
The Periodic Table? 45
The Mole and Molar Mass? 46
• The Mole? 47 • Molar Mass? 48 • Interconverting Mass, Moles,
and Numbers of Atoms? 49

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