Chemistry: 1,001 Practice Problems For Dummies (+ Free Online Practice)
von: Heather Hattori, Richard H, Langley
For Dummies, 2014
ISBN: 9781118549339
Sprache: Englisch
435 Seiten, Download: 8930 KB
Format: EPUB, PDF, auch als Online-Lesen
| Table of Contents | 7 | ||
| Introduction | 11 | ||
| What You’ll Find | 11 | ||
| Beyond the Book | 12 | ||
| Where to Go for Additional Help | 13 | ||
| Part I: The Questions | 15 | ||
| Chapter 1: Units and Unit Conversions | 17 | ||
| The Problems You’ll Work On | 17 | ||
| What to Watch Out For | 17 | ||
| Understanding Metric Prefixesand Units | 18 | ||
| Choosing Appropriate Units | 18 | ||
| Doing Metric Conversions | 19 | ||
| Converting between Systemsof Measurement | 20 | ||
| Using Dimensional Analysis | 22 | ||
| Chapter 2: Scientific Notation and Significant Figures | 25 | ||
| The Problems You’ll Work On | 25 | ||
| What to Watch Out For | 25 | ||
| Putting Numbers in ScientificNotation | 26 | ||
| Taking Numbers out ofScientificNotation | 26 | ||
| Calculating with Numbersin Scientific Notation | 26 | ||
| Recognizing SignificantFigures | 28 | ||
| Writing Answers with theRight Number of Sig Figs | 28 | ||
| Chapter 3: Matter and Energy | 31 | ||
| The Problems You’ll Work On | 31 | ||
| What to Watch Out For | 31 | ||
| Phases of Matter and PhaseChanges | 32 | ||
| Classifying Substances andMixtures | 32 | ||
| Properties of Matter | 33 | ||
| Calculating Density | 34 | ||
| Working with Energy | 35 | ||
| Chapter 4: The Atom and Nuclear Chemistry | 37 | ||
| The Problems You’ll Work On | 37 | ||
| What to Watch Out For | 37 | ||
| Isotopes and SubatomicParticles | 38 | ||
| Electrons and QuantumMechanics | 40 | ||
| Average Atomic Mass | 41 | ||
| Nuclear Reactions andNuclearDecay | 42 | ||
| Completing NuclearReactions | 43 | ||
| Half-Lives | 43 | ||
| Chapter 5: Periodicity and the Periodic Table | 45 | ||
| The Problems You’ll Work On | 45 | ||
| What to Watch Out For | 45 | ||
| Element Symbols and Names | 46 | ||
| Structure of the Periodic Table | 47 | ||
| Periodic Trends | 48 | ||
| Chapter 6: Ionic Bonding | 51 | ||
| The Problems You’ll Work On | 51 | ||
| What to Watch Out For | 51 | ||
| Naming Binary Compounds | 52 | ||
| Naming Compounds withPolyatomic Ions | 53 | ||
| Writing Formulas of BinaryCompounds | 54 | ||
| Writing Formulas ofCompounds withPolyatomicIons | 56 | ||
| Chapter 7: Covalent Bonding | 59 | ||
| The Problems You’ll Work On | 59 | ||
| What to Watch Out For | 59 | ||
| Prefixes in Covalent-CompoundNames | 60 | ||
| Naming Covalent Compounds | 60 | ||
| Writing Formulas of CovalentCompounds | 62 | ||
| Chapter 8: Molecular Geometry | 65 | ||
| The Problems You’ll Work On | 65 | ||
| What to Watch Out For | 65 | ||
| Valence Electrons | 66 | ||
| Predicting Bond Types | 67 | ||
| Basic Molecular Shapes | 68 | ||
| Exceptional Molecular Shapes | 69 | ||
| Polarity of Molecules | 71 | ||
| Chapter 9: Chemical Reactions | 73 | ||
| The Problems You’ll Work On | 73 | ||
| What to Watch Out For | 73 | ||
| Classifying Reactions fromChemical Equations | 74 | ||
| Classifying Reactions fromWord Equations | 75 | ||
| Predicting Reactions | 76 | ||
| Balancing Chemical Reactions | 77 | ||
| Balancing Reactions fromWord Equations | 78 | ||
| Predicting Products andBalancingReactions | 79 | ||
| Redox and Acid-BaseReactions | 80 | ||
| Chapter 10: Molar Calculations | 83 | ||
| The Problems You’ll Work On | 83 | ||
| What to Watch Out For | 83 | ||
| Calculating Molar Mass | 84 | ||
| Finding Mass Percent | 85 | ||
| Empirical Formulas | 86 | ||
| Molecular Formulas | 86 | ||
| Mole Calculations | 87 | ||
| Percent Yield | 91 | ||
| Limiting Reactants | 92 | ||
| Chapter 11: Thermochemistry | 93 | ||
| The Problems You’ll Work On | 93 | ||
| What to Watch Out For | 93 | ||
| Converting Temperatures | 94 | ||
| Phase Changes and Energy | 95 | ||
| Specific Heat and Calorimetry | 100 | ||
| Heats of Formation | 101 | ||
| Enthalpy Changes with Hess’sLaw | 102 | ||
| Chapter 12: Gases | 107 | ||
| The Problems You’ll Work On | 107 | ||
| What to Watch Out For | 107 | ||
| Converting Pressure Units | 108 | ||
| Boyle’s Law | 108 | ||
| Charles’s Law | 109 | ||
| Gay-Lussac’s Law | 110 | ||
| The Combined Gas Law | 111 | ||
| Avogadro’s Law | 113 | ||
| The Ideal Gas Law | 113 | ||
| Dalton’s Law of PartialPressures | 114 | ||
| Graham’s Law | 115 | ||
| Gas Stoichiometry | 116 | ||
| Chapter 13: Solutions (The Chemistry Kind) | 117 | ||
| The Problems You’ll Work On | 117 | ||
| What to Watch Out For | 117 | ||
| Solutions, Solvents, andSolutes | 118 | ||
| Concentration Calculations | 119 | ||
| Dilution | 120 | ||
| Molality | 120 | ||
| Colligative Properties | 121 | ||
| Chapter 14: Acids and Bases | 125 | ||
| The Problems You’ll Work On | 125 | ||
| What to Watch Out For | 125 | ||
| Identifying Acids and Bases | 126 | ||
| Conjugate Acids and Bases | 126 | ||
| Finding pH and pOH ofStrong Acids and Bases | 127 | ||
| Finding pH and pOH of WeakAcids and Bases | 128 | ||
| Stoichiometry of Titrations | 129 | ||
| Buffer Solutions | 130 | ||
| Titrations and pH Changes | 131 | ||
| Chapter 15: Graphing Basics | 135 | ||
| The Problems You’ll Work On | 135 | ||
| What to Watch Out For | 135 | ||
| Graphing | 136 | ||
| Part II: The Answers | 141 | ||
| Chapter 16: Answers and Explanations | 143 | ||
| Appendix: The Periodic Table of Elements | 417 | ||
| Index | 419 | ||
| About the Authors | 429 |