The Chemistry Maths Book, Second Edition

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The Chemistry Maths Book Second Edition Erich Steiner University of Exeter without mathematics the sciences cannot be understood ...

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Preface This book describes the mathematics required for the full range of topics that make up a university degree course in che ...

vi Preface added to accompany new material. The material within some chapters has been reordered to make the development of the ...

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1 Numbers, variables, and units 1.1 Concepts 1.2 Real numbers 1.3 Factorization, factors, and factorials 1.4 Decimal representa ...

1 Numbers, variables, and units 1.1 Concepts Chemistry, in common with the other physical sciences, comprises (i)experiment: the ...

2 Chapter 1Numbers, variables, and units EXAMPLE 1.1The equation of state of the ideal gas, (1.1), can be written as an equation ...

1.2 Real numbers 3 (ii) Constant and variable.Equation (1.1) contains two types of quantity: Constant:a quantity whose value is ...

4 Chapter 1Numbers, variables, and units so that, for example, the subtraction of a negative number is equivalent to the additio ...

1.2 Real numbers 5 The number one halfis equal to two quartersand can be added to one quarterto give three quarters: The value o ...

6 Chapter 1Numbers, variables, and units EXAMPLE 1.5Division of fractions The number 10 2 12 can be simplified by ‘dividing top ...

1.3 Factorization, factors, and factorials 7 (Euler). 3 The best known and most important of these are the Euler number eand the ...

8 Chapter 1Numbers, variables, and units cancellation of the common factor 6 is equivalent to dividing both numerator and denomi ...

1.4 Decimal representation of numbers 9 1.4 Decimal representation of numbers These are the nine figures of the Indians 98765432 ...