Chemistry Essentials For Dummies

Just the critical concepts and information you need to ace Chemistry
From bonds and reactions to acids, bases, and the mole, Chemistry Essentials For Dummies focuses on the essential information and concepts students encounter in a first semester college or high school chemistry class. This handy guide is perfect for cramming, homework help, or as a reference for parents helping kids study for exams.
What′s the matter? — Get to the heart of matter and energy, from states of matter and their changes to kinetic and potential energy
Get a reaction — Discover the ins and outs of chemical reactions, how they occur, and how they can be balanced
Bring it to the table — Understand how elements are arranged in the periodic table and get a handle on metals, nonmetals, and metalloids
Dig the mole — Learn about "the mole" and find out how to count by weighing, apply Avogadro′s number, and work with moles and chemical reactions
Open the book and find:
How to measure matter
The nuts and bolts of atomic structure
An overview of the periodic table of elements
Examples of chemical reactions
Plain–English explanations of ionic and covalent bonds
Properties of acids and bases
The laws that gases obey
How to use electron–dot formulas
Learn to:
Exactly what you need to know about matter and energy
The basics of chemical bonds
How to balance chemical reactions

Nota biograficzna:

John T. Moore, EdD, is Regents Professor of Chemistry at Stephen F. Austin State University. He is the author of Chemistry For Dummies and coauthor of Biochemistry For Dummies.

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Just the critical concepts and information you need to ace Chemistry
From bonds and reactions to acids, bases, a nd the mole, Chemistry Essentials For Dummies focuses on the essential information and concepts students encounter in a first semester college or high school chemistry class. This handy guide is perfect for cramming, homework help, or as a reference for parents helping kids study for exams.
What′s the matter? — Get to the heart of matter and energy, from states of matter and their changes to kinetic and potential energy
Get a reaction — Discover the ins and outs of chemical reactions, how they occur, and how they can be balanced
Bring it to the table — Understand how elements are arranged in the periodic table and get a handle on metals, nonmetals, and metalloids
Dig the mole — Learn about "the mole" and find out how to count by weighing, apply Avogadro′s number, and work with moles and chemical reactions
Open the book and find:
How to measure matter
The nuts and bolts of atomic structure
An overview of the periodic table of elements
Examples of chemical reactions
Plain–English explanations of ionic and covalent bonds
Properties of acids and bases
The laws that gases obey
How to use electron–dot formulas
Learn to:
Exactly what you need to know about matter and energy
The basics of chemical bonds
How to balance chemical reactions