Matter, measurement, and problem solving --
Atoms and elements --
Molecules, compounds and chemical equations --
Chemical quantities and aqueous reactions --
Gases --
Thermochemistry --
The quantum-mechanical model of the atom --
Periodic properties of the elements --
Chemical bonding I: Lewis theory --
Chemical bonding II: Molecular shapes, valence bond theory, and molecular orbital theory --
Liquids, solids, and intermolecular forces --
Solutions --
Chemical kinetics --
Chemical equilibrium --
Acids and bases --
Aqueous ionic equilibrium --
Free energy and thermodynamics --
Electrochemistry --
Radioactivity and nuclear chemistry --
Organic chemistry --
Biochemistry --
Chemistry of the nonmetals --
Metals and metallurgy --
Transition metals and coordination compounds --
Common mathematical operations in chemistry --
Glossary.

This book explains difficult chemical concepts in a concise and clear student-centered manner while also providing faculty with the flexibility to go more deeply into many key, often neglected topics, such as electron diffraction, molecular orbital theory, and free-energy changes under non-standard conditions. Chemistry is presented visually through multi-level images (macroscopic, molecular and symbolic representations), which helps students see the connections among the formulas (symbolic), the world around them (macroscopic), and the atoms and molecules that make up the world (molecular). Every aspect of this book focuses students on recognizing that the behavior of matter is based on the behavior of atoms and molecules