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Book SynopsisTHEODORE L. BROWN received hisPh.D. from Michigan State University in 1956. Since then, he has been a memberof the faculty of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he is nowProfessor of Chemistry, Emeritus. He served as Vice Chancellor for Research,and Dean of The Graduate College, from 1980 to 1986, and as Founding Directorof the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technologyfrom 1987 to 1993. Professor Brown has been an Alfred P. Sloan FoundationResearch Fellow and has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 1972 he wasawarded the American Chemical Society Award for Research in Inorganic Chemistryand received the American Chemical Society Award for Distinguished Service inthe Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry in 1993. He has been elected a Fellow ofthe American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academyof Arts and Sciences, and the American Chemical Society.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction:Matter, Energy, and Measurement
2. Atoms, Molecules,and Ions
3. Chemical Reactionsand Reaction Stoichiometry
4. Reactions in AqueousSolution
5. Thermochemistry
6. Electronic Structureof Atoms
7. Periodic Propertiesof the Elements
8. Basic Concepts ofChemical Bonding
9. Molecular Geometryand Bonding Theories
10. Gases
11. Liquids and IntermolecularForces
12. Solids and ModernMaterials
13. Properties of Solutions
14. Chemical Kinetics
15. Chemical Equilibrium
16. Acid—Base Equilibria
17. Additional Aspects of AqueousEquilibria
18. Chemistry of theEnvironment
19. Chemical Thermodynamics
20. Electrochemistry
21. Nuclear Chemistry
22. Chemistry of the Nonmetals
23. Transition Metals andCoordination Chemistry
24. TheChemistry of Organic Compounds
25. Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds
26. Chemistry of Alkenes and Alkynes
27. Alcohols, Haloalkanes, and Ethers
28. Aldehydes, Ketones, and Carbohydrates
29. Carboxylic Acids and their Derivatives
30. Benzene and its Derivatives
31. Nitrogen-Containing Organic Compounds
32. Solving Molecular Structure
Appendices
Mathematical Operations
Properties of Water
Thermodynamic Quantities for SelectedSubstances at 298.15 K (25ο C)
Aqueous Equilibrium Constants
Standard Reduction Potentials at 25ο C
Answers to Selected Exercises
Answers to Go Figure
Answer to Selected Practice Exercises
Glossary
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