Chemistry, Third edition

Chemistry Third edition Rob Lewis and Wynne Evans ...

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Periodic Table inside front cover Preface xi To the Student: How to Use this Book xii Acknowledgements xiii 1 Numbers, Units and ...

viii CONTENTS 17.2 Oxidation numbers 102 17.3 Oxidizing and reducing agents 104 17.4 Writing and balancing redox equations 104 1 ...

CONTENTS ix 13.6Standard enthalpy of combustion 230 13.7Nutrition 231 13.8Lattice enthalpy 233 13.9Energetics of bond breaking a ...

x CONTENTS 20.2 Energy levels of atoms and molecules 369 20.3 Spectrometers 370 20.4 Absorbance and transmittance of a sample 37 ...

Preface THISbook is designed to provide a course in ‘chemical literacy’ for those studying access and foundation courses at univ ...

● This book is designed so that you can work with the minimum of help. ● It has a glossary of key definitions. ● Use the index t ...

Acknowledgements The authors and publishers wish to thank the following for permission to use copyright material: CRC Press, LLC ...

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Numbers, Units and Measurement Objectives Explains standard notation Tests you on the use of your calculator Describes how to ...

2 1 · NUMBERS, UNITS AND MEASUREMENT Now let us look at an example of standard notation. Think of the number 100. This is the sa ...

UNITS natural log of 50 is 3.912. In this book we symbolize natural logs as ‘ln’: ln (50) 3. It follows from the definition of ...

1 · NUMBERS, UNITS AND MEASUREMENT You will also meet units raised to negative powers, such as m^3 (read as ‘per metre cubed’). ...

UNITS Units of physical quantities A physical quantity consists of a number and a unit. For example, suppose we measure the volu ...