Textbook: General Chemistry by Ebbing, 5th Edition (Houghton-Mifflin) Problem Exercises for General Chemistry by Long and Hentz, 3rd Edition (John Wiley & Sons) Course Pack for Chem 130
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Description:
This General Chemistry course is intended to satisfy the one-term chemistry requirement for students interested in science, or as a natural science elective for non-science concentrators. This course may also be used as the first term in a four or more term chemistry sequence (probably 130, 210/211, 215/216, 260/241/242, etc.) for science concentrators and pre-professional students. Chemistry 130 provides an introduction to the major concepts of chemistry, including the microscopic picture of atomic and molecular structure, periodic trends in the chemical reactivity, the energetics of chemical reactions, and the nature of chemical equilibria. Students will be introduced to the fundamental principles of modern chemistry, the descriptive chemistry of the elements, and to the underlying theories that account for observed macroscopic behavior. In Chem 130, students will learn to think critically, examine experimental data, and form generalizations about data as chemists do.
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atomic and molecular structure periodic trends in chemical reactivity energetics of chemical reactions chemical equilibria descriptive chemistry of the elements
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