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Chemistry : understanding substance and matter / edited by Russell Kuhtz.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: New York : Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services, (c)2015.Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781622754168
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QD35 .C446 2015
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Matter -- Elements and the periodic table -- Chemical reactions -- Inorganic compounds and bonds -- Organic compounds and bonds -- The history of chemistry.
Subject: Without chemistry, bread would not rise, cleaners would not clean, and life itself would not exist. Chemistry is the study of matter and the chemical changes that matter undergoes. The discovery of the atom and how atoms interact with one another has transformed the world. In this illuminating volume, readers learn about the history of chemistry and the concepts they might encounter in an introductory chemistry course, including chemical and volumetric analysis, atomic theory, gravitation, elements and the periodic table, chemical reactions and formulas, and organic and inorganic compounds and bonds. Sidebars highlight key chemists and scientific principles.
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Without chemistry, bread would not rise, cleaners would not clean, and life itself would not exist. Chemistry is the study of matter and the chemical changes that matter undergoes. The discovery of the atom and how atoms interact with one another has transformed the world. In this illuminating volume, readers learn about the history of chemistry and the concepts they might encounter in an introductory chemistry course, including chemical and volumetric analysis, atomic theory, gravitation, elements and the periodic table, chemical reactions and formulas, and organic and inorganic compounds and bonds. Sidebars highlight key chemists and scientific principles.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Chemistry defined -- Matter -- Elements and the periodic table -- Chemical reactions -- Inorganic compounds and bonds -- Organic compounds and bonds -- The history of chemistry.

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