Introductory chemistry / Nivaldo J. Tro

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 The Chemical World -- 1.1 Sand and Water -- 1.2 Chemicals Compose Ordinary Things -- 1.3 The Scientific Method: How Chemists Think -- EVERYDAY CHEMISTRY: Combustion and the Scientific Method -- 1.4 Analyzing and Interpreting Data -- Identifying Patterns in Data -- Interpreting Graphs -- 1.5 A Beginning Chemist: How to Succeed -- Self-Assessment Quiz -- Key Terms -- Exercises -- Answers to Skillbuilder Exercises -- Answers to Conceptual Checkpoints -- 2 Measurement and Problem Solving -- 2.1 The Metric Mix-up: A 125 Million Unit Error. -- 2.2 Scientific Notation: Writing Large and Small Numbers -- 2.3 Significant Figures: Writing Numbers to Reflect Precision -- Counting Significant Figures -- Exact Numbers -- CHEMISTRY IN THE MEDIA -- The COBE Satellite and Very Precise Measurements That Illuminate Our Cosmic Past -- 2.4 Significant Figures in Calculations -- Multiplication and Division -- Rounding -- Addition and Subtraction -- Calculations Involving Both Multiplication/Division and Addition/Subtraction -- 2.5 The Basic Units of Measurement -- The Base Units -- Prefix Multipliers -- Derived Units -- 2.6 Problem Solving and Unit Conversion -- Converting Between Units -- General Problem-Solving Strategy -- 2.7 Solving Multistep Unit Conversion Problems -- 2.8 Unit Conversion in Both the Numerator and Denominator -- 2.9 Units Raised to a Power -- CHEMISTRY AND HEALTH: Drug Dosage -- 2.10 Density -- Calculating Density -- Density as a Conversion Factor -- CHEMISTRY AND HEALTH: Density -- Cholesterol, and Heart Disease -- 2.11 Numerical Problem-Solving Strategies and the Solution Map -- Self-Assessment Quiz -- Key Terms -- Exercises -- Answers to Skillbuilder Exercises -- Answers to Conceptual Checkpoints -- 3 Matter and Energy; 3.1 In Your Room; 3.2 What Is Matter? 3.3 Classifying Matter According to Its State: Solid, Liquid, and Gas -- 3.4 Classifying Matter According to Its Composition: Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures -- 3.5 Differences in Matter: Physical and Chemical Properties -- 3.6 Changes in Matter: Physical and Chemical Changes -- Separating Mixtures Through Physical Changes -- 3.7 Conservation of Mass: There Is No New Matter -- 3.8 Energy -- CHEMISTRY IN THE ENVIRONMENT: Getting Energy out of Nothing? -- Units of Energy -- 3.9 Energy and Chemical and Physical Change -- 3.10 Temperature: Random Motion of Molecules and Atoms -- 3.11 Temperature Changes: Heat Capacity. -- EVERYDAY CHEMISTRY -- Coolers, Camping, and the Heat Capacity of Water -- 3.12 Energy and Heat Capacity Calculations -- Self-Assessment Quiz -- Key Terms -- Exercises -- Answers to Skillbuilder Exercises -- Answers to Conceptual Checkpoints -- 4 Atoms and Elements -- 4.1 Experiencing Atoms at Tiburon -- 4.2 Indivisible: The Atomic Theory -- 4.3 The Nuclear Atom -- 4.4 The Properties of Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons -- EVERYDAY CHEMISTRY: Solid Matter? -- 4.5 Elements: Defined by Their Numbers of Protons -- 4.6 Looking for Patterns: The Periodic Law and the Periodic Table -- 4.7 Ions: Losing and Gaining Electrons.

Author Nivaldo Tro draws upon his classroom experience as an award-winning instructor to extend chemistry from the laboratory to the student's world, capturing student attention with relevant applications and an engaging writing style.