Problems in General Chemistry

Basic to medium level subjective problems with answer keysClosely corresponds to the well known textbook General Chemistry by the same author Front Cover Title Page Preface Contents 1. SIMPLE STOICHIOMETRIC CALCULATIONS 1. Equivalent. Law of Equivalents 2. Fundamental Gas Laws 3. Partial Pressure of a Gas 4. The Mole. Avogadro's Law. Molar Volume of a Gas 5. Determining the Molecular Masses of Gaseous Substances 6. Derivation of Chemical Formulas. Calculations Involving Chemical Formulas and Equations 2. BASIC CLASSES OF INORGANIC COMPOUNDS 3 STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM. RADIOACTIVITY 1. Electronic Structure of Atoms. Dependence of Element Properties on the Structure of Their Atoms 2. Structure of Atomic Nuclei. Radioactivity. Nuclear Reactions 4 THE CHEMICAL BOND 1. Kinds of Chemical Bond. Ways of Forming a Covalent Bond 2. Molecular Polarities. Geometrical Structure of Molecules 3. Ionic Bond. Polarization of Ions 4. Hydrogen Bond. Intermolecular Interaction 5. FUNDAMENTAL LAWS OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS 1. Energy Conversions in Reactions. Thermochemical Calculations 2. Rate of a Chemical Reaction. Chemical Equilibrium 6. SOLUTIONS 1. Concentration of Solutions. Solubility 2. Energy Effects in the Formation of Solutions 3. Physicochemical Properties of Dilute Solutions of Non-Elecfrolyfes 7. SOLUTIONS OF ELECTROLYTES 1. Weak Electrolytes. Dissociation Constant and Degree of Dissociation 2. Strong Electrolytes. Activity of Ions 3. Ion Product of Water. pH 4. Solubility Product 5. Exchange Reactions in Electrolyte Solutions. Hydrolysis of Salts 8. OXIDATION-REDUCTION REACTIONS. FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTROCHEMISTRY 1. Oxidation Number. Oxidation and Reduction 2. Oxidizing and Reducing Agents 3. Balancing Oxidafion-Reducfion Equations 4. Chemical Sources of Electrical Energy. Electrode Potentials 5. Direction of Oxidation-Reduction Reactions 6. Electrolysis 9. COMPLEX COMPOUNDS 1. Determining the Composition of a Complex Ion 2. Nomenclature of Complex Compounds 3. Equilibria in Solutions of Complex Compounds 10. GENERAL PROPERTIES OF METALS. ALLOYS 11. THE PERIODIC SYSTEMOF ELEMENTS. PROPERTIES OFELEMENTS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS 1. General 2. Hydrogen 3. The Halogens 4. Oxygen Subgroup Elements 5. Nitrogen Subgroup Elements 6. Carbon and Silicon 7. Group I Metals 8. Group II Metab. Water Hardness 9. Group III Elements 10. Metals of Groups IV, V, VI and VII 11. The Noble Gases. Group VIII Metals Appendix Table 1 Selected SI Units Table 2 Conversion of Selected Non-System Units to SI Units Table 3 Values of Selected Fundamental Physical Constants Table 4 Names of Most Important Acids and Their Salts Table 5 Standard Enthalpies of Formation Table 6 Dissociation Constants of Selected Weak Electrolytes in Aqueous Solutions Table 7 Activity Coefficients f of Ions at Different Ionic Strengths of Solution Table 8 Solubility Products Table 9 Standard Electrode Potentials Table 10 Instability Constants of Selected Complex Ionsin Aqueous Solutions Table 11 Atomic Masses to Four Significant Figures MENDELEEV'S PERIODIC TABLE Four-Place Logarithms Answers to Problems INDEX Back Cover