Chemistry /
Rob Lewis and Wynne Evans.
- 3rd ed.
- Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- x, 463 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
- Palgrave foundations .
- Palgrave foundations .
Previous ed.: Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001. Includes index. Text and ill. on inside covers.
Periodic Table - Preface - How to use this Book - Acknowledgements - Numbers, Units and Measurement - Elements, Compounds and Reactions - Inside the Atom - Bonding Between Atoms - More about Bonding - Reactions of Ions in Solution - Oxidation and Reduction - The Mole - Calculating Concentrations - Gases, Liquids and Solids - Solutions and Solubility - Chemical Families - Energy Changes in Chemical Reactions - Speed of Chemical Reactions - Dynamic Chemical Equilibria - Acid-Base Equilibria - Organic Chemistry: Hydrocarbons - Common Classes of Organic Compounds - Separating Mixtures - Light and Spectroscopy - Nuclear and Radiochemistry - Environmental Chemistry - Forensic Chemistry - Valencies of Common Ions - Electronic Structures - Answers to Exercises and Revision Questions - Glossary - Index - Useful Physical Constants
Assuming only a minimal experience of mathematics and science, this textbook provides complete coverage of core chemistry topics with questions at the ends of chapters to extend and reinforce learning.