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Author:   Max Diem (Northeastern University)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 21.30cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 27.20cm
Weight:   0.567kg
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9781394321193

ISBN 10:   1394321198
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   19 June 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents            Prologue                                                                                                                                                                               1 Chapter 1. The Metric System and Mathematical Tools                                                                                      3                           1.1 Scientific notation and significant figures `               1.2 Metric system 1.3 Manipulations of exponential expressions 1.4 Equations, proportionality and graphs                 1.5 Quadratic, cubic and quartic equations 1.6 Exponential functions and logarithms                 1.7 Radial and spherical polar coordinates                 1.8 Differential and integral calculus 1.9 Differential equations 1.10 Complex numbers   Chapter 2. Atoms, elements and the periodic chart                                                                                           27         2.1 Subatomic particles and atoms         2.2 Elements, isotopes and ions         2.3 The periodic chart and periodic properties of the elements         2.4 Definition of atomic masses, Avogadro’s number and the mole   Chapter 3. Molecules, compounds, bonding and percent composition                                                      46                 3.1 Ionic compounds                 3.2 Molecules with covalent bonds                 3.3 Molecules with polar covalent bonds and Lewis structures 3.4 Molecular compounds and the (gram) molecular mass 3.5 Percent composition and empirical formulae   Chapter 4. Chemical reactions                                                                                                                                    65 4.1 Chemical reaction and stoichiometry 4.2 Limiting reagents, theoretical yield and percent yield 4.3 Solutions: general aspects 4.4 Solution stoichiometry:  molarity, molality, dilutions 4.5 Precipitation reactions     Chapter 5. Electronic structure of atoms                                                                                                                80 5.1 Description of light as an electromagnetic wave                 5.2 Particle properties of light and wave-particle duality 5.3 The hydrogen atom emission spectrum: stationary atomic states                 5.4 Hydrogen atom orbitals 5.5 Atoms with multiple electrons: The Aufbau principle revisited     Chapter 6. Chemical Bonding: covalent bonding, molecular geometries and polarity                           109                 6.1 General aspects of covalent bonding                                                                                6.2 Lewis and Valence Bond (VB) theory 6.3 Hybridization and multiple bonding 6.4 Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) model                 6.5 Molecular polarity 6.6 Molecular Orbital (MO) Theory     Chapter 7. Solids and liquids: bonding and characteristics                                                                               133 7.1 Metals and semiconductors                 7.2 Ionic solids 7.3 Covalent solids 7.4 Intermolecular forces                 7.5 Macromolecular solids                 7.6 Liquids and solutions                                 7.6.1 General aspects of solutions, solvation 7.6.2 Colligative properties     Chapter 8: The gaseous state                                                                                                                                      152 8.1 General properties of gases 8.2 Empirical gas laws 8.3 The ideal gas law 8.4. Real gases 8.5. Gaseous mixtures and partial pressures 8.6 Kinetic theory of gases 8.7 Diffusion and effusion of gases   Chapter 9. Chemical equilibrium                                                                                                                                                170                 9.1. What is a system “at equilibrium”?                                                                          9.2. Liquid – vapor phase equilibrium: vapor pressure 9.3. Temperature dependence of vapor pressure                 9.4. Chemical equilibrium and the equilibrium constant 9.5.  Equilibrium calculations 9.6.  Direction of a chemical reaction, and the concentration quotient Q. 9.7.  Numerical determination of equilibrium constants from experimental data 9.8.  Perturbations of equilibria: Le Chatelier’s principle 9.9.  Solubility and solubility product 9.9.1 The solubility product constant, Ksp 9.9.2 Solubility calculations 9.9.3 Common ion effect 9.9.4 Experimental determination of Ksp 9.9.5 Precipitation reactions     Chapter 10. Acids and bases                                                                                                                                        205 10.1. What are acids / bases? 10.2. Strong acids / bases; definition of pH and pOH 10.3. Weak acids / bases 10.4. The relationship between pH and pOH: Self-dissociation of Water 10.5. Common ion effect                 10.6. Acidic and basic salts 10.7. Buffers 10.8. Acid / base titration 10.8.1 Titration of a strong acid with a strong base 10.8.2 Titration of a weak acid with a strong base 10.8.3 Acid – base indicators     Chapter 11. Thermodynamics: Energy, energy conversions and spontaneity                                          233                 11.1. Energetics of chemical reactions                                                                                                     11.2. Thermochemistry                                                                                                                                                 11.2.1 Definition of energy, heat and work                                                                                           11.2.2 Calorimetry: Measurement of heat flow                 11.3. The 1st law of thermodynamics                 11.4. State functions                 11.5. Definition of enthalpy                 11.6. Hess law and reaction enthalpies                                 11.6.1 Enthalpy of crystal formation: lattice energy of MgO                 11.7. Enthalpy of phase transitions                 11.8. Entropy                                                                                                                                                                                                     11.8.1 Entropy and probability                                                                                                                   11.8.2 Entropy and heat flow                                                      11.8 3 Entropy is an indicator of energy exhaustion                                                          11.9. Free enthalpy                                                                                                                                         11.10. Free enthalpy and equilibrium     Chapter 12. Reduction-oxidation (redox) reactions and electrochemistry                                                                246 12.1. Oxidation state and oxidation numbers: Balancing redox equations 12.2. Galvanic cells, electric work and electromotive force (EMF) 12.3. Batteries 12.3. Relationship between cell potential and free enthalpy 12.4. Concentration and temperature dependence of EMF     Chapter 13: Chemical Kinetics: Rates of reactions and reaction mechanisms                                          270                 13.1. Introduction: Scope of kinetics discussion                                                                                                   13.2. Elementary steps and chemical reactions                                                                                                                   13.2.1 Kinetic model of chemical reactions                                 13.2.2 Basics of chemical kinetics: Rate law and rate constant                                 13.2.3 Time dependence of the reaction rate                                 13.2.4 Integrated rate law                 13.3. Rates of multistep reactions, and equilibria                 13.4. Reaction rates for reactions that are non- linear in concentrations                 13.5. Reaction path and catalysis                                                                                                                                     Chapter 14. Nuclear Reactions                                                                                                                                   292 14.1 Nuclear reactions and transmutations 14.2 The structure of atomic nuclei 14.3 Radioactive Decay and Decay Chains                 14.3.1 a-decay 14.3.2 b-decay 14.3.3 g-emission (g-decay) 14.3.4 positron emission 14.3.5 Nuclear decay chains 14.3.6 Nuclear dating 14.4 Nuclear fission and nuclear fusion                 14.4.1 Nuclear binding energy                 14.4.2 Nuclear fission 14.4.3 Nuclear fusion   Chapter 15. Fundamentals of quantum chemistry, spectroscopy and structural chemistry               307                 15.1 Wavefunctions and the 1D and 2D particle-in-a-box                                                                                15.2 Spherical harmonics, hydrogen atom wavefunctions and hydrogen atomic orbitals                   15.3 Atomic energy levels and atomic emission spectroscopy                 15.4 Molecular energy levels, spectroscopy and structural methods                                 15.4.1 Electronic energy levels and UV-vis absorption spectroscopy                                 15.4.2 Vibrational energy levels and infrared spectroscopy                                 15.4.3 Rotational energy levels and microwave spectroscopy                                 15.4.4 Nuclear magnetic resonance 15.4.5 X-ray diffraction                 15.5 Mass spectrometry                   Chapter 16. Epilogue                                                                                                                                                      345     Appendix            List of symbols and abbreviations                                                                                             370                

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Max Diem, PhD, FSAS, was based in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Northeastern University in Boston. He did his first degree at the University of Karlsruhe and then his PhD at the University of Toledo in OH. From 1978 to 2005, he rose through the ranks from Assistant Professor to Professor of Chemistry at the City University of New York (Hunter College) before moving to Northeastern University. His research interests are centered on the development of physical / optical methods for medical diagnosis in tissue diagnostics.

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