Chemistry For Dummies

John T. Moore

John Wiley & Sons, May 12, 2011 - Science - 384 pages

Chemistry For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781118007303) is now being published as Chemistry For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781119293460). While this version features an older Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the new release and should not be considered a different product.

See how chemistry works in everything from soaps to medicines to petroleum

We're all natural born chemists. Every time we cook, clean, take a shower, drive a car, use a solvent (such as nail polish remover), or perform any of the countless everyday activities that involve complex chemical reactions we're doing chemistry! So why do so many of us desperately resist learning chemistry when we're young?

Now there's a fun, easy way to learn basic chemistry. Whether you're studying chemistry in school and you're looking for a little help making sense of what's being taught in class, or you're just into learning new things, Chemistry For Dummies gets you rolling with all the basics of matter and energy, atoms and molecules, acids and bases, and much more!

• Tracks a typical chemistry course, giving you step-by-step lessons you can easily grasp
• Packed with basic chemistry principles and time-saving tips from chemistry professors
• Real-world examples provide everyday context for complicated topics

Full of modern, relevant examples and updated to mirror current teaching methods and classroom protocols, Chemistry For Dummies puts you on the fast-track to mastering the basics of chemistry.

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• The Part of Tens: 5
• The Basic Concepts of Chemistry: 7
• Looking at the Branches of Chemistry: 15
• Contemplating Chemical Calculations: 21
• Matter and Energy: 37
• Kinetic energy: 48
• Something Smaller Than an Atom? Atomic Structure: 53
• 21: 59
• The Periodic Table But No Chairs: 75
• Balloons Tires and Scuba Tanks: 87
• A Cornucopia of Chemical Concepts: 107
• Chemical Cooking Chemical Reactions: 109
• The Mole Can You Dig It?: 125
• Mixing Matter Up Solutions: 137
• Thermochemistry Hot Stuff: 155
• Sour and Bitter Acids and Bases: 169
• Blessed Be the Bonds That Tie Chapter 12 Where Did I Put That Electron? Quantum Theory 189: 189
• Opposites Do Attract Ionic Bonding: 199
• Grasping Polyatomic Ions: 207
• Sharing Nicely Covalent Bonding: 215
• Sharing Nicely Covalent Bonding Eyeing Covalent Bond Basics Considering a hydrogen example Comparing covalent bonds with other bonds: 218
• Sharing Electron Pairs Sometimes Equally and Sometimes Not: 227
• What Do Molecules Really Look Like? Molecular: 235
• Tackling Periodic Trends: 247
• Considering Trends in Electron Affinities: 253
• Examining the Link between Intermolecular: 255
• Cough Cough Hack Hack Air Pollution: 267
• Cough Cough Hack Hack Air Pollution Chapter 19 Examining the Ins and Outs of Water Pollution 279: 279
• Nuclear Chemistry Itll Blow Your Mind: 293
• Determining: 301
• Identifying the Effects of Radiation: 312
• Ten Serendipitous Discoveries in Chemistry: 315
• Amedeo Avogadro Niels Bohr: 319
• Ten Terrific Tips for Passing Chem I: 323
• Recopy Your Lecture Notes: 326
• The Top Ten Industrial Chemicals: 329
• Chlorine: 332
• 153: 349
• 315: 350
• Adding and subtracting: 351
• Phosphoric Acid: 356
• Glossary: 363

About the author

John T. Moore, EdD is regents professor of Chemistry at Stephen F. Austin State University, where he is also the director of the Teaching Excellence Center. He is the coauthor of Biochemistry For Dummies and Organic Chemistry II For Dummies.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Chemistry For Dummies; For Dummies
• Author: John T. Moore
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2011
• ISBN: 1118092929, 9781118092927
• Length: 384 pages
• Subjects: Education / Teaching / Subjects / Science & Technology; Science / Chemistry / General; Science / Chemistry / Organic; Science / General