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List of Applications
Thinking Outside the Box

Key Skills

Tips for Success in Chemistry Class? 19
Measuring Atomic Mass? 44
Everyday Occurrences of the Photoelectric Effect? 67
Mistaking Strontium for Calcium? 130
Functional Groups? 164
Species with Unpaired Electrons? 206
Phases?256
Molecular Orbitals in Heteronuclear Diatomic Species? 260
Atom Economy? 300
Visible Spectrophotometry? 351
Heat Capacity of Calorimeters? 398
Decompression Injury? 461
X-ray Diffraction? 498
Intravenous Fluids? 549
Fluoride Poisoning? 550
Thermodynamics and Living Systems? 586
Biological Equilibria? 646
Acid Rain? 684
Equilibrium and Tooth Decay? 750
Amalgam Fillings and Dental Pain? 787
Surface Area? 846
Nuclear Medicine? 896
Copper?913
Chelation Therapy? 935
Thalidomide Analogues? 975
Electrically Conducting Polymers? 1011
Arsenic?1048

Dimensional Analysis? 30
Interconversion Among Mass, Moles, and Numbers of Atoms? 56
Determining Ground-State Valence Electron Configurations Using
the Periodic Table? 108
Periodic Trends in Atomic Radius, Ionization Energy,
and Electron Affinity? 142
Ionic Compounds: Nomenclature and Molar Mass
Determination?186
Drawing Lewis Structures? 218
Molecular Shape and Polarity? 276
Limiting Reactant? 316
Net Ionic Equations? 376
Enthalpy of Reaction? 428
Mole Fractions? 482
Intermolecular Forces? 526
Entropy as a Driving Force? 568
Determining DG°?602
Equilibrium Problems? 662
Salt Hydrolysis? 716
Buffers?766
Electrolysis of Metals? 812
First-Order Kinetics? 872

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