A clearly written, class-tested manual that has long helped students of general chemistry enhance their knowledge of the subject with hands-on experience. Covering all the essential topics in general chemistry, this revised edition offers both new experiments and expanded information on real world applications. INDICE: Preface - First-Day Instructions - Introduction - Safety Rules - Laboratory Regulations - Basic Laboratory Equipment and Procedures - Burets forReduced Scale Titration (Microburets) - PART I - Scientific Measurements - Mass and Volume Relationships - Separations of Food Dyes by Paper Chromatography- Observing the Reactions of Household Chemicals - A Cycle of Copper Reactions - Synthesis of a Chemical Compound: Making Alum from Aluminum - The Chemistry of Oxygen: Basic and Acidic Oxides and the Periodic Table - Determination ofa Chemical Formula: The Reaction of Iodine with Zinc - Determination of a Chemical Formula by Titration - Study Assignment: The Language of Chemistry: Chemical Nomenclature - PART II - The Estimation of Avogadro's Number - The Molar Volume of Dioxygen and Other Gases - The Molar Mass of a Gas - The Reactivity of Metals with Hydrochloric Acid - The Heat Capacity of Metals - Enthalpy Changes in Chemical Reactions: Hess's Law - The Enthalpy of Combustion of a Vegetable Oil - Emission Spectra and the Electronic Structure of Atoms - Ionic and Covalent Bonding - Study Assignment: Writing Lewis Structures - PART III - VSEPR Theory of Molecular Shapes - Intermolecular Forces - Liquids and Solids - Colligative Properties - Some Examples of Chemical Equilibria - Determination ofan Equilibrium Constant by Spectrophotometry - Factors Affecting the Rates ofChemical Reactions - The Rate of a Chemical Reaction - The pH Scale and Acid-Base Titrations - Determination of the Molar Mass and Ionization Constant of aWeak Acid - The Chemistry of Natural Waters - The Solubility Product Constantof Calcium Iodate, Ca(IO3)2 - The Qualitative Analysis of Some Alkaline Earthand Alkali Metal Ions - The Qualitative Analysis of Some Common Anions - Qualitative Analysis of Unlabeled Solutions: - Oxidation-Reduction - Redox Titrations - Electrochemical Cells - Electrochemical Puzzles - The Chemistry of Some Nonmetals - Equilibria of Coordination Compounds - Atmospheric Chemistry of Nitric Oxide - Ozone in the Atmosphere - Ultraviolet Light, Sunscreens and DNA -Natural Radioactivity - APPENDIX - Tables of Data - Table 11. International Atomic Masses (Based on 12C = 12 exactly)
- ISBN: 978-1-4292-1954-9
- Editorial: W.H. Freeman
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 550
- Fecha Publicación: 07/10/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés