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Chemistry - A Molecular Science
Dennis W. Wertz, North Carolina State University
ISBN: 978-0-7380-2712-8
Net Price: $33.75
Chemistry - A Molecular Science (CAMS) presents all the concepts typically covered in a full year of general chemistry, but it does so without stressing the math. Students are introduced to difficult concepts qualitatively to allow them to focus on chemical properties and reactivity rather than the algebra that so often turns them away. CAMS presents the big picture and the relationships between diverse chemical topics. It serves a growing number of students who take only one semester of chemistry as well as those who move directly into organic (1:2:1 curricula) or into the more traditional physical/analytical course in their second semester.
The companion text, Chemistry - A Quantitative Science (CAQS) delves deeper into concepts presented in CAMS quantitatively, offering the physical and analytical treatment. For example, the over-arching concepts of thermodynamics, equilibrium, and kinetics covered in Chapter 9 of CAMS are then re-introduced from an analytical perspective in CAQS in Chapters 3-5 and 10 as heats of formation, PV work, calorimetry, equilibrium problems, integrate rate laws, etc.
The difference in treatment of topics in the two textbooks can be seen by viewing the treatment of acids and bases in both CAMS (Chapter 12) and CAQS (Chapter 6). The quantitative treatment is extended in Chapter 7 of CAQS where buffers and mixing problems (titrations) are treated.
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Features
- Offers a qualitative view of chemistry without stressing the math
- Unifies diverse topics by explaining concepts with one central theme - systems minimize energy by interacting opposite charge
- Improves student attitude and comprehension
- Serves students who take only one semester of chemistry
- Prepares students for a physical/analytical second semester course
- Excellent introduction to organic chemistry for students in a 1:2:1 curriculum (a year of organic between the two semesters of gen chem)
- Instructor resources available
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Early Experiments
Chapter 2 Quantum Theory
Chapter 3 Atomic Structure and Properties
Chapter 4 The Ionic Bond
Chapter 5 The Covalent Bond
Chapter 6 Molecular Structure & Bonding
Chapter 7 States of Matter and Changes in State
Chapter 8 Solid Materials
Chapter 9 Reaction Energetics
Chapter 10 Solutions
Chapter 11 Electron Transfer & Electrochemistry
Chapter 12 Acid-Base Chemistry
Chapter 13 Organic Chemistry
Chapter 14 Inorganic Chemistry
Appendices
Glossary
Index
Instructor Resources
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