Application description

Audience:

Intended for everyone interested in Chemistry, particularly undergraduate and graduate science students, medical students, nursing students, physician assistants students, and advanced high school students.

Features:

• Fully illustrated.
• Clear and concise explanations.
• Difficult concepts are explained in simple terms.
• Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases.
• Multi-Platform Excalibur capability (Excalibur, Excalibur, PC)
• Add Bookmarks
• Text annotation and mark-up
• Access the guide anytime, anywhere - at home, on the train, in the subway.
• Use your down time to prepare for an exam.
• Always have the guide available for a quick reference.
• Automatic synchronization between the Excalibur and the desktop PC. You could read half of the book on the Excalibur, then finish reading on the desktop. Annotations and drawings are also synchronized.

Table of Contents:

Atom Structure: Atom Size | Atomic orbitals | Quantum number | Electron configuration | Aufbau principle | Hund's rule | Pauli exclusion principle | Valence shell | Valence electrons | Octet rule | Nucleon | Element | Isotope | Ion | Spectrum | Discovery

Periodic Table: List of elements by atomic number | Arrangement | Periodicity of chemical properties | Electron configuration | Naming of elements | Chemical symbols | Atomic radius | Electronegativity | Electron affinity | Ionization potential

Chemical Series: Alkali metal | Alkaline earth metal | Lanthanides | Actinides | Transition metals | Poor metals | Metalloids | Nonmetals | Halogens | Noble gases

Molecule: Mole | Molecular mass | Molecular formula | Empirical formula | Compound

Chemical Bond: Covalent | Coordinate covalent | Ionic | Metallic | Polarity | Lewis structure | Resonance | Aromaticity

Molecular geometry: Valence bond theory | Valence shell electron pair repulsion theory | Orbital hybridization | Sigma bond | Pi bond | Carbon-carbon bond

Stereochemistry: Isomers | Structural isomerism | Stereoisomerism | Geometric isomerism | Optical isomerism | Diastereomer | Enantiomer | Cahn-Ingold-Prelog priority rule | Conformational isomerism

Intermolecular forces: Ionic | Hydrogen bonds | Dipole-Dipole | London dispersion

Gas: Kinetic theory | Boyle's law | Charles's law | Gay-Lussac's law | Combined gas law | Avogadro's law | Ideal gas law | Van der Waals equation

Gas mixtures: Mole fraction | Partial pressure | Dalton's law

Solutions: Concentration | Henry's law | Colligative properties

Thermodynamics: Laws of thermodynamics | Internal energy | Enthalpy | Entropy | Gibbs free energy | Helmholtz free energy | Enthalpy change of formation | Enthalpy change of reaction | Hess's law

Equilibrium: Le Châtelier's principle | Phase | Phase diagrams | Phase equilibrium

Reactions: Types | Exothermic | Endothermic | Kinetics | Reaction rate | Temperature dependence | Activation energy

Acids and bases: Acid | Base | Alkaline | Conjugate acid/ base | Protonation | Deprotonation | Dissociation constant | Weak acid | Strong acid | Weak base | Strong base | pH | pOH |

Buffer: Henderson-Hasselbalch equation | Titration | Procedure | Titration curves | Titration Types

Electrochemistry: Voltage | Current | Oxidation state | Oxidation number | Reduction and oxidation | Electrochemical cells | Battery | Corrosion | Electrolysis

Nuclear decay: Alpha particle | Beta particle | Gamma radiation | Half-life | Fission | Fusion

Appendix: History of Chemistry | IUPAC nomenclature | Metric system (SI) | SI writing style | Powers of 10 prefixes | United States units conversion

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