Download this PDF book: Chemistry in Quantitative Language: Fundamentals of General Chemistry Calculations 2nd Edition by Christopher O. Oriakhi
Problem-solving is one of the most challenging aspects students encounter in general chemistry courses, leading to frustration and failure. Consequently, many students become less motivated to take additional chemistry courses after the first year.
This book tackles this issue head on and provides innovative, intuitive, and systematic strategies to tackle any type of calculations encountered in chemistry. The material begins with the basic theories, equations, and concepts of the underlying chemistry, followed by worked examples with carefully
explained step-by-step solutions to showcase the ways in which the problems can be presented.
The second edition contains additional problems at the end of each chapter with varying degrees of difficulty, and many of the original examples have been revised.
This is the second edition of Chemistry in Quantitative Language. I am pleased that the first edition, published in 2009, was so well received by both instructors and students.
However, as is typical with most books in their first edition, the users graciously provided several constructive suggestions to make the book more useful for the intended audience.
In addition, on my part, a decade later I find the need to add a few topics and concepts that were left out of the first edition, as well as the need to reorganize the chapters and update the worked examples and end-of-chapter problems to make the book more useful.
All of these have armed me with the motivation and insights necessary to prepare this second edition. Formulating and solving quantitative chemistry problems remains a concern for many students. This edition shares the same objective of making problem-solving in chemistry more pleasurable and exciting, so students can hopefully face their examinations with ease and pass with flying colors.
Throughout the book I have adhered to the philosophy behind the first edition, which was to introduce the concepts of the underlying chemistry followed by a series of worked example to show students how the calculations are done and to hopefully enable them to appreciate what is involved.
At the end of each chapter are a series of problems that range from very simple to those requiring more time and energy. Each problem in the book has been solved and checked independently by Ted La Page. Answers for all the problems are in the Solutions to Problems chapter at the end of the book.
CONTENTS
Atomic Structure and Isotopes
Formula and Molecular Mass
The Mole and Avogadro’s Number
Formulas of Compounds and Percent Composition
Chemical Formulas and Nomenclature
Chemical Equations
Stoichiometry
Structure of the Atom
Chemical Bonding 1: Basic Concepts
Chemical Bonding 2: Modern Theories of Chemical Bonding
Gas Laws
Liquids and Solids
Solution Chemistry
Volumetric Analysis
Ideal Solutions and Colligative Properties
Chemical Kinetics
Chemical Equilibrium
Ionic Equilibria and pH
Solubility and Complex-Ion Equilibria
Thermochemistry
Chemical Thermodynamics
Oxidation and Reduction Reactions
Fundamentals of Electrochemistry
Radioactivity and Nuclear Reactions
About the Author:
Christopher O. Oriakhi, Senior Materials Scientist, NIKE Inc
Dr. Christopher Oriakhi works at NIKE Inc as a senior scientist where he is actively involved in materials chemistry R&D, technology innovation management, and new product development. Prior to NIKE, Chris was a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Hewlett-Packard for 15+ years, a Senior Principal
Engineer at Bloom Energy in Silicon Valley, and a Senior Technical Director at FUJIFILM in New Castle, Delaware. In addition, Chris has lectured chemistry courses at universities in Nigeria, Canada, and United States. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, Materials Research Society and a
fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
About the book:
Publisher : Oxford University Press; 2nd edition (January 12, 2022)
Language : English
Pages : 528
File : PDF, 8MB
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