Chemistry Essentials for Dummies
Chapter 1. Matter and Energy: Exploring the Stuff of Chemistry
Knowing the States of Matter and Their Changes
Nice Properties You've Got There
Chapter 2. What's In an Atom?
Chapter 3. The Periodic Table
Repeating Patterns: The Modern Periodic Table
Arranging Elements in the Periodic Table
Chapter 4. Nuclear Chemistry
Seeing How the Atom's Put Together
Dealing With a Nuclear Breakup: Balancing Reactions
Understanding Types of Natural Radioactive Decay
Half-Lives and Radioactive Dating
Breaking Elements Apart with Nuclear Fission
Coming Together with Nuclear Fusion
Chapter 5. Ionic Bonding
Forming Ions: Making Satisfying Electron Trades
Bonding Clues: Electrolytes and Nonelectrolytes
Chapter 6. Covalent Bonding
Naming Covalent Compounds Made of Two Elements
Writing Covalent Compound Formulas
Electronegativities: Which Atoms Have More Pull?
Chapter 7. Chemical Reactions
Reactants and Products: Reading Chemical Equations
Collision Theory: How Reactions Occur
Knowing Chemical Equilibrium Backwards and Forwards
Le Chatelier's Principle: Getting More (or Less) Product
Chemical Kinetics: Changing Reaction Speeds
Seeing How Catalysts Speed Up Reactions
Chapter 8. Electrochemistry: Using Electrons
Transferring Electrons with Redox Reactions
Exploring Electrochemical Cells
Chapter 9. Measuring Substances with the Mole
Moles: Putting Aoogadro's Number to Good Use
Chapter 10. A Salute to Solutions
Mixing Things Up with Solutes, Solvents, and Solutions
Understanding Solution Concentration Units
Chapter 11. Acids and Bases
Observing Properties of Acids and Bases
The Bronsted-Lowry Acid-Base Theory
Understanding Strong and Weak Acids and Bases
Acid-Base Reactions: Using the Bronsted-Lowry System
Showing True Colors with Acid-Base Indicators
Chapter 12. Clearing the Air on Gases
The Kinetic Molecular Theory: Assuming Things about Gases
Relating Physical Properties with Gas Laws