Review of Basic Chemistry
The book builds up to the coverage of descriptive inorganic chemistry by offering students a refresher on the concepts of atomic theory, bonding, intermolecular forces, thermodynamics, acid-base behavior, and reduction-oxidation properties
Unique! Chapter 9. Periodic Trends
This overview chapter examines the global features that provide a framework for all of the elements in the Periodic Table
Study Tools
Pedagogy includes bolded Key Terms and Key Ideas sections at the end of each chapter that summarize the main concepts students should remember.
End-of-chapter review questions have students compare and contrast properties of various
Beyond the Basics problems requiring critical thinking, have been added at the ends of chapters, to help professors make their courses more challenging and less memory based.
Element Reaction Flow-Charts at the end of each descriptive chapter, help students recall the large number and wide variety of chemical reactions and see how they are related.
Video clips of key reactions provide students with a visual image of how the reactions take place. These clips appear on the Web site and are indicated by a video icon at the appropriate place in the text.