How to solve general chemistry problems
By: R.S. Boikess.
Edition: 8th ed.
Publisher: Pearson/Prentice Hall
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9780131542730
Subjects: Chemistry -- Problems, exercises, etc
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: How to solve a problem -- Units and measurement. The SI -- Conversion of units -- Interconversion of Celsius (centigrade) and Fahrenheit temperature readings -- Measurement -- Significant figures -- Exponential notation -- Calculations with significant figures -- Atomic weight, amount, and the mole. Mass - amount relationships -- Units of amount -- Unit conversions -- Review -- Symbol --Mass - amount relationships in chemical formulas. Use of the unit mole -- Mass relationships in chemical formulas -- Determining the formula of a compound -- Calculations from the formula of a compound -- Calculation of the formula of a compound --Mass - amount relationships in chemical reactions : stoichiometry. Chemical equations --Mass - amount relationships in chemical reactions : mixtures --The Gas laws. Boyle's law -- Standard pressure --The effect of change of temperature -- Absolute zero -- Charles's law -- Standard conditions -- Change of pressure and temperature -- Avogadro's law -- Ideal gas law equation PV = nRT -- Densities of gases -- Partial pressure : Dalton's law of partial pressures -- Stoichiometry of gases -- Vapor pressure -- Relative humidity -- Diffusion and effusion -- Thermochemistry -- Quantum theory and the structure of atoms. Electronic configurations of atoms -- Structure of molecules . Resonance -- Hybridization -- Molecular geometry -- Concentration of solutions. Mass - mass expressions -- Volume  - volume expressions --Amount - amount expressions -- Mixed expressions of concentration -- Conversion of concentration expressions --Properties of solutions -- Kinetics --Chemical equilibrium and equilibrium constants. The equilibrium state -- Chemical change and equilibrium -- Equilibrium constants from pressures -- A General method for solving equilibrium problem -- Acid and base equlibria I. --The concept of formality and a second definition of molarity -- Conjugate acids and bases -- Other equlibria of weak electrolytes -- Polyprotic acids --Acids and bases II. Neutralization and equivalents -- Buffers -- The main reactions approximation --Solubility products and complex ions. Solubility products and the hydrogen sulfide equilibrium -- Solubility products and the ammonia equilibrium --Solubility product equilibria involving selected weak acids -- Complex ions and solubility products -- Thermodynamics. First law of thermodynamics -- Second law of thermodynamics -- Free energy and K -- Oxidation - reduction processes. Balancing redox equations --The Method of half-reactions -- The Method of change in oxidation number --Equivalents in redox processes -- Faraday's law and electrochemical equivalence potentials -- Effect of change of concentration -- Calculation of equilibrium constants -- Free energy and potential -- Calculation of the potential of a half-reaction from the potentials of other half-reactions --Appendix --Answers to problems.