Accompanied by: Student study guide / prepared by Elizabeth Bent Weberg.

Includes index.

Keys to the study of chemistry -- The components of matter -- Stoichiometry of formulas and equations -- The major classes of chemical reactions -- Gases and the kinetic-molecular theory -- Thermochemistry: energy flow and chemical change -- Quantum theory and atomic structure -- Electron configuration and chemical periodicity -- Models of chemical bonding -- The shapes of molecules -- Theories of covalent bonding -- Intermolecular forces: liquids, solids, and phase changes -- The properties of mixtures: solutions and colloids -- Interchapter: a perspective on the properties of the elements -- Periodic patterns in the main-group elements -- Organic compounds and the atomic properties of carbon -- Kinetics: rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions -- Equilibrium: the extent of chemical reactions -- Acid-base equilibria -- Ionic equilibria in aqueous systems -- Thermodynamics: entropy, free energy, and the direction of chemical reactions -- Electrochemistry: chemical change and electrical work -- The elements in nature and industry -- The transition elements and their coordination compounds -- Nuclear reactions and their applications.