TY - BOOK AU - Chang,Raymond TI - Chemistry SN - 978007127590 [paperback] PY - 2007/// CY - Boston, Mass. PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Chemistry N1 - Includes index; Contents: 1.Chemistry: the study of change -- 2. Atoms, molecules, and ions -- 3. Mass relationships in chemical reactions -- 4. Reactions in aqueous solution -- 5. Gases -- 6.Thermochemistry -- 7.Quantum theory and the electronic structure of atoms -- 8. Periodic relationship among the elements -- 9. Chemical bonding I: basic concepts -- 10. Chemical bonding II: molecular geometry and hybridization of atomic orbitals -- 11.Intermolecular forces and liquids and solids -- 12. Physical properties of solutions -- 13.Chemical kinetics -- 14. Chemical equilibrium -- 15. Acids and bases -- 16. Acid-base equilibria and solubility equilibria -- 17. Chemistry in the atmosphere -- 18.Entropy, free energy, and equilibrium -- 19. Electrochemistry -- 20.Metallurgy and the chemistry of metals -- 21. Nonmetallic elements and their compounds -- 22. Transition metal chemistry and coordination compounds -- 23. Nuclear chemistry -- 24. Organic chemistry -- 25. Synthetic and natural organic polymers; Includes appendices, glossary and index ER -