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Keys to the study of chemistry; the components of matter; stoichiometry - mole-mass-number relationships in chemical systems; 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; inter-chapter - a mid-course perspective on the properties of the elements; periodic patterns in the main-group elements - bonding, structure and reactivity; 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; appendices -common mathematical operations in chemistry, standard thermodynamic values of selected substances; answers to selected problems.