INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY PROBLEMS

The Chemistry and Physics Behind the Numbers

By: Michael E Green

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The essential point of the book is to show students in Introductory Chemistry classes how to obtain answers that are at least reasonable, and to realize when there must have been an error because the answer falls outside the range of possible values. Students often leave ridiculous answers because they simply plug into equations they have memorized (correctly or incorrectly). They have not learned to think about the meaning of the numbers that appear in their calculations. This book attempts to show students how to correct this.

Contents:

Acknowledgements
Preface
'Reasonable Answers?'
Some Convenient Arithmetic Operations
Part One: Dimensional Analysis and Units
Part Two: The Standard International (SI) System of Units
Atomic Mass and Molecular Mass
Gases
Stoichiometry
Atomic Structure and Spectra
Solids and Unit Cells
Solution Calculations
Chemical Equilibrium with Equilibrium Constants K_eq, K_c, K_p
Thermochemistry: Basic Ideas of Thermodynamics; The Background of the Calculations on Equilibrium
Solubility
Acids, Bases, and pH
Chemical Kinetics
Electrochemistry
Nuclear Chemistry
Epilogue
Appendix: An Extra Problem, with Some Extra
Complications
Index

Readership: Primary audience: Introductory chemistry students; Other introductory science course students. Secondary audience: Teachers of introductory chemistry, and other science courses.