Published: March 2017
Page Count: 512
ISBN (Digital): 978-1-4533-8316-2

Introductory Chemistry

Version 2.0
By David W. Ball

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This textbook is suitable for the following courses: Introductory Chemistry, Preparatory Chemistry.

Introductory Chemistry is a survey of basic chemistry intended for a one-semester introductory or preparatory chemistry course. Ball begins with a general introduction to the subject before diving into some of the more technical topics. Introductory Chemistry also introduces mathematical problems, either as conversion-factor problems or as formula problems, allowing the text to focus on the logic of the approach and not the tricks or shortcuts.

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Updated throughout.
Exercises were modified to accommodate for proper significant figures.
Periodic table has been updated to incorporate the completed seventh period, including IUPAC names and symbols.

1.1 Some Basic Definitions

1.2 Chemistry as a Science

Chapter 2: Measurements

2.1 Expressing Numbers

2.2 Expressing Units

2.3 Significant Figures

2.4 Converting Units

2.5 Other Units: Temperature and Density

2.6 End-of-Chapter Material

Chapter 3: Atoms, Molecules, and Ions

3.1 Atomic Theory

3.2 Molecules and Chemical Nomenclature

3.3 Masses of Atoms and Molecules

3.4 Ions and Ionic Compounds

3.5 Acids

3.6 End-of-Chapter Material

Chapter 4: Chemical Reactions and Equations

4.1 The Chemical Equation

4.2 Types of Chemical Reactions: Single- and Double-Displacement Reactions

4.3 Ionic Equations: A Closer Look

4.4 Composition, Decomposition, and Combustion Reactions

4.5 Neutralization Reactions

4.6 Oxidation-Reduction Reactions

4.7 End-of-Chapter Material

Chapter 5: Stoichiometry and the Mole

5.1 Stoichiometry

5.2 The Mole

5.3 The Mole in Chemical Reactions

5.4 Mole-Mass and Mass-Mass Calculations

5.5 Yields

5.6 Limiting Reagents

5.7 End-of-Chapter Material

Chapter 6: Gases

6.1 Kinetic Theory of Gases

6.2 Pressure

6.3 Gas Laws

6.4 Other Gas Laws

6.5 The Ideal Gas Law and Some Applications

6.6 Gas Mixtures

6.7 End-of-Chapter Material

Chapter 7: Energy and Chemistry

7.1 Energy

7.2 Work and Heat

7.3 Enthalpy and Chemical Reactions

7.4 Stoichiometry Calculations Using Enthalpy

7.5 Hess’s Law

7.6 Formation Reactions

7.7 End-of-Chapter Material

Chapter 8: Electronic Structure

8.1 Light

8.2 Quantum Numbers for Electrons

8.3 Organization of Electrons in Atoms

8.4 Electronic Structure and the Periodic Table

8.5 Periodic Trends

8.6 End-of-Chapter Material

Chapter 9: Chemical Bonds

9.1 Lewis Electron Dot Diagrams

9.2 Electron Transfer: Ionic Bonds

9.3 Covalent Bonds

9.4 Other Aspects of Covalent Bonds

9.5 Violations of the Octet Rule

9.6 Molecular Shapes

9.7 End-of-Chapter Material

Chapter 10: Solids and Liquids

10.1 Intermolecular Forces

10.2 Phase Transitions: Melting, Boiling, and Subliming

10.3 Properties of Liquids

10.4 Solids

10.5 End-of-Chapter Material

Chapter 11: Solutions

11.1 Some Definitions

11.2 Quantitative Units of Concentration

11.3 Dilutions and Concentrations

11.4 Concentrations as Conversion Factors

11.5 Colligative Properties of Solutions

11.6 Colligative Properties of Ionic Solutes

11.7 End-of-Chapter Material

Chapter 12: Acids and Bases

12.1 Arrhenius Acids and Bases

12.2 Brønsted-Lowry Acids and Bases

12.3 Acid-Base Titrations

12.4 Strong vs. Weak Acids and Bases and Their Salts

12.5 Autoionization of Water

12.6 The pH Scale

12.7 Buffers

12.8 End-of-Chapter Material

Chapter 13: Chemical Equilibrium

13.1 Chemical Equilibrium

13.2 The Equilibrium Constant

13.3 Shifting Equilibria: Le Chatelier’s Principle

13.4 Calculating Equilibrium Constant Values

13.5 Some Special Types of Equilibria

13.6 End-of-Chapter Material

Chapter 14: Oxidation and Reduction

14.1 Oxidation-Reduction Reactions

14.2 Balancing Redox Reactions

14.3 Applications of Redox Reactions: Voltaic Cells

14.4 Electrolysis

14.5 End-of-Chapter Material

Chapter 15: Nuclear Chemistry

15.1 Radioactivity

15.2 Half-Life

15.3 Units of Radioactivity

15.4 Uses of Radioactive Isotopes

15.5 Nuclear Energy

15.6 End-of-Chapter Material

Chapter 16: Organic Chemistry

16.1 Hydrocarbons

16.2 Branched Hydrocarbons

16.3 Alkyl Halides and Alcohols

16.4 Other Oxygen-Containing Functional Groups

16.5 Other Functional Groups

16.6 Polymers

16.7 End-of-Chapter Material

Appendix A: Appendix: Periodic Table of the Elements

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David W. Ball

Cleveland State University

David Ball (PhD Rice University) is a retired Professor of Chemistry at Cleveland State University. His specialty is physical chemistry, which he taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels. About 50 percent of David’s teaching was in general chemistry, including chemistry for non-science majors; general, organic, and biological chemistry; and general chemistry for science and engineering majors. In addition to several texts with FlatWorld, Professor Ball is also the author of two math review books for general and physical chemistry students, a physical chemistry textbook, and three books on spectroscopy. His publication list includes over 240 items, evenly distributed between research papers and articles of educational interest.

Additions & Errata

2/21/23:

Figure 9.2 was updated to correct some of the numbers in the table.