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<HTML> Basic Chemistry
    Matter
   
Intensive Versus Extensive Properties
    Changes in Matter
    Significant Figures
Nomenclature
   
Common Elements
    Covalent Compounds
    Ionic Compounds (Salts)
        Positive Ions
        Negative Ions
    Polyatomic Ions
    
Acids and Acid Salts
   
Hydrocarbons
Stoichiometry
   
Introduction
    Percent Composition
   
Empirical Formulas
    Limiting Reactant
    Sample Problems
Atomic Structure
   
Development of the Atom
   
Electromagnetic Radiation
    Atomic Spectra
    Bohr Model
   
Wave-Particle Duality
    Quantum Numbers
   
Electron Configurations
       
Aufbau Principle
        Pauli Exclusion Principle
        Hund's Rule
   
Development of Elements and the Periodic Table
   
Periodic Trends
        Atomic Radii
        Ionic Radii
        Ionization Energy
        Electron Affinity
        Lattice Energy
    Metals, Nonmetals, and Semimetals
Bonding
   
Intramolecular Forces of Attraction
        Electronegativity and Polarity
        Polar Versus Nonpolar Bonds
        Polar Versus Nonpolar Molecules
    Lewis Dot Structures
        Two atom molecule:  Cl2
        More than 2 atom molecule:  CH4
        Nonbonding electrons:  NH3
        Positive polyatomic ion:  NH4+
        Formal Charge
        Negative polyatomic ion:  PO43-
        Double bond:  CO2
        Resonance Hybrid:  SO2
    Predicting Molecular Shapes - VSEPR
        Molecules without nonbonding electrons
        Molecules with nonbonding electrons
        Hybridization
    Intermolecular Forces of Attraction
        Network (Covalent) Bond
        Ionic Bond
        Metallic Bond
        Hydrogen Bond
        Dipole-Dipole Forces
        London Dispersion Forces
 Gases
   
Properties of Gases
    Elements and Compounds that are Gases at Room Temperature
   
Pressure
   
Laws
        Boyle's Law
       
Amonton's Law
       
Charles' Law
       
Gay-Lussac's Law (law of combining volumes)
       
Avogadro's Hypothesis
       
Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures
   
Ideal Gas Equation
   
Kinetic Molecular Theory
    
Graham's Laws of Diffusion and Effusion
   
Deviations from Ideal Gas Behavior: van der Waals Equation
Solutions and Colligative Properties
   
Mixtures and Solutions
    Concentration
    Colligative Properties
        Boiling Point Elevation
        Freezing Point Depression
    Antifreeze
    Phase Diagrams
Acids and Bases
    Development of Acids and Bases
        Arrhenius Definitions
        Brønsted-Lowry Definitions
        Conjugate Acid-Base Pairs
        Lewis Definitions
    Typical Acids and Bases
    pH
        Acid-Base Indicators
    Factors that Affect the Relative Strengths of Acids and Bases
        Polarity
        Size
        Charge
        Oxidation State
Equilibrium
   
Acid-Dissociation Equilibrium Constant
        Strong acid (or base) calculations
            Strong acid calc #1 (with details)
            Strong acid calc #2
        Weak acid calculations
            Weak acid calc #1
            Summary of weak acid calcs
            Weak acid calc #2
            Weak acid calc #3When the assumption fails
        Mixtures (salt solutions)
       
Monoprotic versus polyprotic acids
    
Base-Ionization Equilibrium Constant
   
Buffers
        Henderson-Hasselbach Equation
   
Gas-Phase Equilibrium
        How to write Equilibrium Constant Expressions
        Reaction Quotient
        Summary - Gas-Equilibrium Calculations
        If the Assumption Fails
        Summary - Alternate method
        Partial Pressure Gas Equilibrium
   
LeChâtelier's Principle
        Concentration
        Pressure
        Volume
        Temperature
    Solubility Equilibrium
        Solubility and solubility rules
        Solubility product equilibrium constant
        Solubility calculation #1
        Solubility calculation #2
        Ion product
Thermodynamics
   
Temperature, Heat and Work
        Latent versus sensible heat
        Caloric Theory of Heat
        Kinetic Theory of Heat
        Work
   
First Law of Thermodynamics
        State Functions
   
Calorimetry
   
Enthalpy
        Standard-State Enthalpy of Reaction
        Hess's Law
        Enthalpy of Formation
        Bond Energy
   
Entropy
        Second Law of Thermodynamics
        Third Law of Thermodynamics
        Standard-State Entropy of Reaction
   
Gibbs Free Energy
        Temperature and Free Energy
        Free Energy and Equilibrium Constants
        Free Energy and Cell Potentials
Electrochemistry
   
Oxidation and Reduction
    Assigning Oxidation Numbers
   
Balancing Redox Reactions
        Example in Acidic Solution
        Example in Basic Solution
    Galvanic (Voltaic) Cells
    Electrolytic Cells
        Electrolysis of Water
    Standard-State Cell Potentials
        Line Notation
    Nernst Equation and Faraday's Law
Kinetics
   
Rate
   
Order and Molecularity
    Rate Calculations
    Collision Theory Model
    Mechanisms
   
Factors Affecting Reaction Rates
       
Concentration
        Surface Area
       
Temperature
       
Catalysts
   
Activation Energy
       
Arrhenius Equation
   
Integrated Forms of the First-Order and Second-Order Rate Laws
Nuclear Chemistry
    Introduction
    Radioactivity
    Neutron-Rich Versus Neutron-Poor Nuclides
    Binding Energy
    Kinetics
   
Carbon Dating
   
Ionizing Versus Nonionizing Radiation
   
Natural Versus Induced Radioactivity
   
Fission
    Fusion
   
Radon
Reactions
    
Basic Types of Reactions
        Synthesis (Direct Combination)
        Decomposition
        Single Replacement
        Double Replacement
        Combustion
    Common Decomposition reactions
    Solubility Rules
   
Overview of the Reactions Question
   
Overview of Reactions with Water
    Overview of Acid-Base Reactions
    Overview of Redox Reactions
   
Overview of Organic Reactions
   
Reactions Question Menu
Tables
    Periodic Table
    Standard Reduction Potentials
   
SI System
    Common Constants
    Common Conversion Factors