Chemistry.

Includes index.

Chemistry: the study of change -- Atoms, molecules, and ions -- Mass relationships in chemical reactions -- Reactions in aqueous solution -- Gases -- Thermochemistry -- Quantum theory and the electronic structure of atoms -- Periodic relationship among the elements -- Chemical bonding I: basic concepts -- Chemical bonding II: molecular geometry and hybridization of atomic -- Orbitals -- Intermolecular forces and liquids and solids -- Physical properties of solutions -- Chemical kinetics -- Chemical equilibrium -- Acids and bases -- Acid-base equilibria and solubility equilibria -- Chemistry in the atmosphere -- Entropy, free energy, and equilibrimn -- Electrochemistry -- Metallurgy and the chemistry of metals -- Nonmetallic elements and their compounds -- Transition metal chemistry and coordination compounds -- Nuclear chemistry -- Organic chemistry -- Synthetic and natural organic polymers.