Welcome to the Web Site for Chemical Principles 2e, the Quest for Insight by Peter Atkins and Loretta Jones. This Web site is designed to help students review key concepts from the textbook through interactive exercises and learning tools. Resources are organized by chapter of the textbook and by content type. To access resources, please select a Chapter or Category below.

The animations on this Web site and the thumbnail images of them in the textbook were created by Roy Tasker, University of Western Sydney. The site organization was overseen by Regina Schoenfeld-Tacher, Colorado State University.

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Fundamentals Chapter 1: Atoms: The Quantum World Chapter 2: Chemical Bonds Chapter 3: Molecular Shape and Structure Chapter 4: The Properties of Gases Chapter 5: Liquids and Solids Chapter 6: Thermodynamics: The First Law Chapter 7: Thermodynamics: The Second and Third Laws Chapter 8: Physical Equilibria Chapter 9: Chemical Equilibria Chapter 10: Acids and Bases Chapter 11: Aqueous Equilibria Chapter 12: Electrochemistry Chapter 13: Chemical Kinetics Chapter 14: The Elements: The First Four Main Groups Chapter 15: The Elements: The Last Four Main Groups Chapter 16: The d-Block: Metals in Transition Chapter 17: Nuclear Chemistry Chapter 18: Organic Chemistry I: The Hydrocarbons Chapter 19: Organic Chemistry II: Functional Groups

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