AP chemistry
By: Neil D. Jespersen
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hauppauge, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 820
ISBN-13: 9780764140501; 9780764195235; 9780764186059
Subjects: Examinations; Universities and colleges; Entrance examinations; Study guides; Chemistry; Advanced placement programs (Education)
Other titles: Barron's advanced placement chemistry; Barron's AP chemistry; Advanced placement chemistry
Description: Overview: Updated to reflect the most recent Advanced Placement Chemistry exams, this manual presents three diagnostic tests and three full-length practice exams, all with questions answered and explained. The author also presents additional routine and more challenging problems in every chapter. A complete review of AP chemistry topics covers the structure of matter, chemical bonding, states of matter, physical chemistry, chemical reactions, and other topics that appear on the AP exam.
Notes: Revised edition of: Barron's how to prepare for the AP chemistry advanced placement examination. 3rd ed. c2003.

Includes index.

"Most up-to-date review and practice tests currently available"--Cover.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Important facts about the advanced placement examination in chemistry; title: Test content and distribution; title: Format of the examination; title: Chemical calculations; title: Calculator policy; title: Scoring of the examination; title: How to use this review book; title: Organizing your review; title: What to expect of the AP chemistry examination; title: How to maximize your score; title: Final preparation for the exam; title: Diagnostic Tests; title: Diagnostic Test 1; title: Diagnostic Test 2; title: Diagnostic Test 3; title: Part 1: Structure Of Matter; title: Structure of the Atom; title: Review of important discoveries about the Atom; title: Experiments describing the structure of the Atom; title: Atomic structure; title: Bohr Model of the Atom; title: Electronic configurations; title: Practice exercises; title: Periodic Table; title: Modern periodic table; title: Periodic properties of the Elements; title: Practice exercises; title: Nuclear Chemistry; title: Radioactivity; title: Nuclear reactions and equations; title: Predicting radioactivity and radioactive decay; title: Natural radioactive Isotopes; title: Artificial radioactive Isotopes; title: transmutation; title: Rate of radioactive decay; title: Nuclear fission; title: Nuclear fusion; title: Practice exercises; title: Part 2: Chemical Bonding; title: Ionic Compounds, Formulas, and Reactions; title: Chemical formulas; title: Chemical reactions and equations; title: Bonding; title: Practice exercises; title: Covalent compounds, formulas, and structure; title: Covalent molecules; title: Lewis structures of Molecules; title: Molecular geometry; title: Molecular polarity; title: Covalent bond formation; title: Practice exercises; title: Stoichiometry; title: Conversion calculations using the dimensional analysis method; title: Chemical equalities and relationships; title: Conversion sequence; title: Percent composition; title: Empirical formulas; title: Molecular formulas; title: Other Stoichiometric equations; title: Practice exercises; title: Part 3: States Of Matter; title: Gases; title: Development of the ideal Gas Law; title: Ideal Gas Law; title: Standard temperature and pressure; title: Molar mass, density, and molar volume; title: Kinetic molecular theory; title: Average kinetic energies and velocities; title: Real gases; title: Dalton's Law of partial pressures; title: Gas measurements; title: Experiments involving gases; title: Practice exercises; title: Liquids And Solids; title: Comparison of liquids and solids to gases; title: Intermolecular forces; title: Physical properties of liquids; title: Solids; title: Phase changes and phase diagrams; title: Practice exercises; title: Solutions; title: Introduction and definitions; title: Solubility and the solution process; title: Aqueous solutions; title: Concentrations of solutions; title: Concentration-conversion calculations; title: Effect of temperature on solubility; title: Effect of pressure on solubility; title: Colligative properties of solutions; title: Colligative properties of electrolytes; title: Practice exercises; title: Part 4: Physical Chemistry; title: Chemical equilibrium; title: Equilibrium Law; title: Manipulating the Equilibrium Law; title: Determining the value of the Equilibrium constant; title: Using the Equilibrium Law; title: Equilibrium calculations; title: Special equilibrium constants; title: Le Chatelier's principle; title: Practice exercises; title: Kinetics; title: Reaction rates; title: Factors that affect reaction rates; title: Applications of selected rate laws; title: Theory of reaction rates; title: Reaction mechanisms; title: Practice exercises; title: Thermodynamics; title: Essential definitions; title: Types of energy; title: Measurement of energy; title: First law of Thermodynamics; title: Entropy and the second law of Thermodynamics; title: Gibbs Free-energy,; title: Practice exercises; title: Part 5: Chemical Reactions; title: Oxidation-reduction reactions and electrochemistry; title: Oxidation numbers; title: Balancing redox reactions; title: Common Oxidation-reduction reactions; title: Stoichiometry of Redox reactions; title: Electrochemistry; title: Important Oxidation-reduction reactions; title: Practice exercises; title: Acids and Bases; title: Acid-base theories; title: Acid-base nomenclature; title: Acids; title: Bases; title: Anhydrides of Acids and Bases; title: Neutralization reactions; title: Polyprotic Acids; title: Bronsted-Lowry Theory; conjugate Acid-Base pairs; title: Lewis Acids and Bases; complexation reactions; title: Quantitative Acid-Base chemistry; title: Practice exercises; title: Organic Chemistry and Polymers; title: Carbon; title: Carbon-Hydrogen compounds; title: Side chains and functional groups; title: Systematic nomenclature for Organic Compounds; title: Organic reactions; title: Polymers; title: Practice exercises; title: Experimental Chemistry; title: Data gathering; title: Calculations; title: Graphs; title: Determination of physical properties; title: Sample manipulations; title: Separation techniques; title: Instrumental techniques; title: Experimental reactions; title: Qualitative analysis of inorganic Ions; title: Chemical hazards; title: Safety principles and equipment; title: Practice exercises; title: Practice Tests; title: Practice Test: 1; title: Practice Test: 2; title: Practice Test: 3; title: Appendices; title: Appendix 1: Answer explanations for end-of-chapter questions; title: Appendix 2: Electronic configurations of the elements; title: Appendix 3: Thermodynamic Data for Selected Elements, Compounds, and Ions (25℗ʻC); title: Appendix 4: Ionization Constants of Weak Acids; title: Appendix 5: Ionization constants of Polyprotic Acids; title: Appendix 6: Ionization constants of weak bases; title: Appendix 7: Solubility Product Constants; title: Glossary; title: Index.