Chemistry 8th edition

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Steven S. Zumdahl and Susan A. Zumdahl
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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  • Chapter 1: Chemical Foundations
    • 1: Active Learning Questions (1)
    • 1: Questions (1)
    • 1: Significant Figures and Unit Conversions (10)
    • 1: Temperature (3)
    • 1: Density (9)
    • 1: Classification and Seperation of Matter (3)
    • 1: Connection to Biochemistry
    • 1: Additional Exercises (4)
    • 1: Challenge Problems (5)
    • 1: Integrative Problems
    • 1: Marathon Problems
    • 1: ChemWork tutorials
    • 1: Visual Exercises
    • WebAssign Answer Entry Tutorials (1)

  • Chapter 2: Atoms, Molecules, and Ions
    • 2: Active Learning Questions (2)
    • 2: Questions (2)
    • 2: Development of the Atomic Theory (5)
    • 2: The Nature of the Atom (16)
    • 2: Nomenclature (11)
    • 2: Connecting to Biochemistry
    • 2: Additional Exercises (7)
    • 2: Challenge Problems (1)
    • 2: Integrative Problems
    • 2: Marathon Problems
    • 2: ChemWork tutorials
    • 2: Visual Exercises
    • WebAssign Answer Entry Tutorials (1)

  • Chapter 3: Stoichiometry
    • 3: Active Learning Questions (4)
    • 3: Questions
    • 3: Atomic Masses and the Mass Spectrometer (3)
    • 3: Moles and Molar Masses (14)
    • 3: Percent Composition (3)
    • 3: Empirical and Molecular Formulas (6)
    • 3: Balancing Chemical Equations (4)
    • 3: Reaction Stoichiometry (4)
    • 3: Limiting Reactants and Percent Yield (3)
    • 3: Connecting to Biochemistry (9)
    • 3: Additional Exercises (6)
    • 3: Challenge Problems (4)
    • 3: Integrative Problems (1)
    • 3: Marathon Problems
    • 3: ChemWork tutorials
    • 3: Visual Exercises
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  • Chapter 4: Types of Chemical Reactions and Solution Stoichiometry
    • 4: Active Learning Questions (2)
    • 4: Questions
    • 4: Aqueous Solutions: Strong and Weak Electrolytes (2)
    • 4: Solution Concentration: Molarity (14)
    • 4: Precipitation Reactions (12)
    • 4: Acid-Base Reactions (7)
    • 4: Oxidation-Reduction Reactions (4)
    • 4: Connecting to Biochemistry (1)
    • 4: Additional Exercises (7)
    • 4: Challenge Problems (5)
    • 4: Integrative Problems
    • 4: Marathon Problems
    • 4: ChemWork tutorials
    • 4: Visual Exercises
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  • Chapter 5: Gases
    • 5: Active Learning Questions (5)
    • 5: Questions (2)
    • 5: Pressure (6)
    • 5: Gas Laws (18)
    • 5: Gas Density, Molar Mass, and Reaction Stoichiometry (10)
    • 5: Partial Pressure (9)
    • 5: Kinetic Molecular Theory and Real Gases (10)
    • 5: Atmosphere Chemistry (2)
    • 5: Connecting to Biochemistry (2)
    • 5: Additional Exercises (7)
    • 5: Challenge Problems (2)
    • 5: Integrative Problems (1)
    • 5: Marathon Problems
    • 5: ChemWork tutorials
    • 5: Visual Exercises
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  • Chapter 6: Thermochemistry
    • 6: Active Learning Questions (1)
    • 6: Questions (1)
    • 6: Potential and Kinetic Energy (2)
    • 6: Heat and Work (7)
    • 6: Properties of Enthalpy (6)
    • 6: Calorimetry and Heat Capacity (12)
    • 6: Hess's Law (3)
    • 6: Standard Enthalpies of Formation (7)
    • 6: Energy Consumption and Sources (4)
    • 6: Connecting to Biochemistry (3)
    • 6: Additional Exercises (7)
    • 6: Challenge Problems (5)
    • 6: Integrative Problems
    • 6: Marathon Problems
    • 6: ChemWork tutorials
    • 6: Visual Exercises
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  • Chapter 7: Atomic Structure and Periodicity
    • 7: Active Learning Questions (1)
    • 7: Questions (2)
    • 7: Light and Matter (12)
    • 7: Hydrogen Atom: The Bohr Model (4)
    • 7: Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Numbers, and Orbitals (4)
    • 7: Polyelectronic Atoms (11)
    • 7: The Periodic Table and Periodic Properties (11)
    • 7: Alkali Metals (4)
    • 7: Connecting to Biochemistry
    • 7: Additional Exercises (10)
    • 7: Challenge Problems (2)
    • 7: Integrative Problems (1)
    • 7: Marathon Problems
    • 7: ChemWork tutorials
    • 7: Visual Exercises
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  • Chapter 8: Bonding: General Concepts
    • 8: Active Learning Questions (1)
    • 8: Questions
    • 8: Chemical Bonds and Electronegativity (8)
    • 8: Ions and Ionic Compounds (15)
    • 8: Bond Energies (11)
    • 8: Lewis Structures and Resonance (9)
    • 8: Formal Charge (3)
    • 8: Molecular Structure and Polarity (12)
    • 8: Connecting to Biochemistry (1)
    • 8: Additional Exercises (4)
    • 8: Challenge Problems (4)
    • 8: Integrative Problems
    • 8: Marathon Problems
    • 8: ChemWork tutorials
    • 8: Visual Exercises
    • WebAssign Answer Entry Tutorials (2)

  • Chapter 9: Covalent Bonding: Orbitals
    • 9: Active Learning Questions (1)
    • 9: Questions
    • 9: The Localized Electron Model and Hybrid Orbitals (13)
    • 9: The Molecular Orbital Model (9)
    • 9: Connecting to Biochemistry (1)
    • 9: Additional Exercises (8)
    • 9: Challenge Problems (5)
    • 9: Integrative Problems
    • 9: ChemWork tutorials
    • 9: Visual Exercises
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  • Chapter 10: Liquids and Solids
    • 10: Active Learning Questions
    • 10: Questions (1)
    • 10: Intermolecular Forces and Physical Properties (5)
    • 10: Properties of Liquids (2)
    • 10: Structures and Properties of Solids (19)
    • 10: Phase Changes and Phase Diagrams (11)
    • 10: Connecting to Biochemistry
    • 10: Additional Exercises (6)
    • 10: Challenge Problems (1)
    • 10: Integrative Problems
    • 10: Marathon Problems
    • 10: ChemWork tutorials
    • 10: Visual Exercises
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  • Chapter 11: Properties of Solutions
    • 11: Active Learning Questions
    • 11: Solution Review
    • 11: Questions (3)
    • 11: Solution Composition (7)
    • 11: Energetics of Solutions and Solubility (4)
    • 11: Vapor Pressures of Solutions (8)
    • 11: Colligative Properties (5)
    • 11: Properties of Electrolyte Solutions (4)
    • 11: Connecting to Biochemistry (3)
    • 11: Additional Exercises (1)
    • 11: Challenge Problems (1)
    • 11: Integrative Problems (2)
    • 11: Marathon Problems
    • 11: ChemWork tutorials
    • 11: Visual Exercises
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  • Chapter 12: Chemical Kinetics
    • 12: Active Learning Questions
    • 12: Questions
    • 12: Reaction Rates (4)
    • 12: Rate Laws from Experimental Data: Initial Rates Method (3)
    • 12: Integrated Rate Laws (14)
    • 12: Reaction Mechanisms (2)
    • 12: Temperature Dependence of Rate Constants and the Collision Model (5)
    • 12: Catalysts (4)
    • 12: Connecting to Biochemistry (1)
    • 12: Additional Exercises (2)
    • 12: Challenge Problems (5)
    • 12: Integrative Problems
    • 12: Marathon Problems
    • 12: ChemWork tutorials
    • 12: Visual Exercises
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  • Chapter 13: Chemical Equilibrium
    • 13: Active Learning Questions
    • 13: Questions (4)
    • 13: The Equilibrium Constant (8)
    • 13: Equilibrium Calculations (10)
    • 13: Le Châtelier's Principle (4)
    • 13: Connecting to Biochemistry (1)
    • 13: Additional Exercises (11)
    • 13: Challenge Problems (5)
    • 13: Integrative Problems
    • 13: Marathon Problems
    • 13: ChemWork tutorials
    • 13: Visual Exercises
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  • Chapter 14: Acids and Bases
    • 14: Active Learning Questions
    • 14: Questions (1)
    • 14: Nature of Acids and Bases (6)
    • 14: Autoionization of Water and the pH Scale (6)
    • 14: Solutions of Acids (6)
    • 14: Solutions of Bases (9)
    • 14: Polyprotic Acids (2)
    • 14: Acid-Base Properties of Salts (6)
    • 14: Relationships Between Structure and Strengths of Acids and Bases (1)
    • 14: Lewis Acids and Bases (1)
    • 14: Connecting to Biochemistry (2)
    • 14: Additional Exercises (3)
    • 14: Challenge Problems
    • 14: Integrative Problems
    • 14: Marathon Problems
    • 14: ChemWork tutorials
    • 14: Visual Exercises
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  • Chapter 15: Acid-Base Equilibria
    • 15: Active Learning Questions
    • 15: Questions
    • 15: Buffers (12)
    • 15: Acid-Base Titrations (7)
    • 15: Indicators (3)
    • 15: Connecting to Biochemistry (2)
    • 15: Additional Exercises (4)
    • 15: Challenge Problems (3)
    • 15: Integrative Problems (2)
    • 15: Marathon Problems
    • 15: ChemWork tutorials
    • 15: Visual Exercises
    • WebAssign Answer Entry Tutorials

  • Chapter 16: Solubility and Complex Ion Equilibria
    • 16: Active Learning Questions
    • 16: Questions
    • 16: Solubility Equilibria (8)
    • 16: Precipitation Conditions (5)
    • 16: Complex Ion Equilibria (6)
    • 16: Connecting to Biochemistry (1)
    • 16: Additional Exercises (1)
    • 16: Challenge Problems
    • 16: Integrative Problems
    • 16: Marathon Problems
    • 16: ChemWork tutorials
    • 16: Visual Exercises
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  • Chapter 17: Spontaneity, Entropy, and Free Energy
    • 17: Active Learning Questions
    • 17: Questions
    • 17: Spontaneity, Entropy, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Free Energy (6)
    • 17: Chemical Reactions: Entropy Changes and Free Energy (15)
    • 17: Free Energy: Pressure Dependence and Equilibrium (8)
    • 17: Connecting to Biochemistry (1)
    • 17: Additional Exercises (5)
    • 17: Challenge Problems (5)
    • 17: Integrative Problems
    • 17: Marathon Problems (1)
    • 17: ChemWork tutorials
    • 17: Visual Exercises
    • WebAssign Answer Entry Tutorials

  • Chapter 18: Electrochemistry
    • 18: Active Learning Questions
    • 18: Review of Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
    • 18: Questions
    • 18: Balancing Oxidation-Reduction Equations (2)
    • 18: Galvanic Cells, Cell Potentials, Standard Reduction Potentials, and Free Energy (16)
    • 18: The Nernst Equation (9)
    • 18: Electrolysis (10)
    • 18: Connecting to Biochemistry (1)
    • 18: Additional Exercises (8)
    • 18: Challenge Problems (3)
    • 18: Integrative Problems
    • 18: Marathon Problems
    • 18: ChemWork tutorials
    • 18: Visual Exercises
    • WebAssign Answer Entry Tutorials

  • Chapter 19: The Nucleus: A Chemist's View
    • 19: Questions
    • 19: Radioactive Decay and Nuclear Transformations (4)
    • 19: Kinetics of Radioactive Decay (11)
    • 19: Energy Changes in Nuclear Reactions (8)
    • 19: Detection, Uses, and Health Effects of Radiation (3)
    • 19: Connecting to Biochemistry (4)
    • 19: Additional Exercises (4)
    • 19: Challenge Problems (2)
    • 19: Integrative Problems
    • 19: ChemWork tutorials
    • 19: Visual Exercises
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  • Chapter 20: The Representative Elements
    • 20: Questions
    • 20: Group 1A Elements (2)
    • 20: Group 2A Elements (4)
    • 20: Group 3A Elements (4)
    • 20: Group 4A Elements (4)
    • 20: Group 5A Elements (7)
    • 20: Group 6A Elements (4)
    • 20: Group 7A Elements (2)
    • 20: Group 8A Elements (3)
    • 20: Connecting to Biochemistry (2)
    • 20: Additional Exercises (5)
    • 20: Challenge Problems (6)
    • 20: Integrative Problems
    • 20: Marathon Problems
    • 20: ChemWork tutorials
    • 20: Visual Exercises
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  • Chapter 21: Transition Metals and Coordination Chemistry
    • 21: Active Learning Questions
    • 21: Questions (2)
    • 21: Transition Metals and Coordination Compounds (17)
    • 21: Bonding, Color, and Magnetism in Coordination Compounds (7)
    • 21: Metallurgy (3)
    • 21: Connecting to Biochemistry (4)
    • 21: Additional Exercises (4)
    • 21: Challenge Problems (1)
    • 21: Integrative Problems (1)
    • 21: Marathon Problems
    • 21: ChemWork tutorials
    • 21: Visual Exercises
    • WebAssign Answer Entry Tutorials

  • Chapter 22: Organic and Biological Molecules
    • 22: Questions (1)
    • 22: Hydrocarbons (14)
    • 22: Isomerism (8)
    • 22: Functional Groups (7)
    • 22: Reactions of Organic Compounds (5)
    • 22: Polymers (4)
    • 22: Natural Polymers
    • 22: Additional Exercises (4)
    • 22: Challenge Problems (1)
    • 22: Integrative Problems
    • 22: Marathon Problems
    • 22: ChemWork tutorials
    • 22: Visual Exercises
    • WebAssign Answer Entry Tutorials


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Chapter 1: Chemical Foundations
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Chapter 2: Atoms, Molecules, and Ions
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Chapter 3: Stoichiometry
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Chapter 4: Types of Chemical Reactions and Solution Stoichiometry
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Chapter 5: Gases
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Chapter 6: Thermochemistry
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Chapter 7: Atomic Structure and Periodicity
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Chapter 8: Bonding: General Concepts
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Chapter 9: Covalent Bonding: Orbitals
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Chapter 10: Liquids and Solids
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Chapter 11: Properties of Solutions
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Chapter 12: Chemical Kinetics
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Chapter 13: Chemical Equilibrium
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Chapter 14: Acids and Bases
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Chapter 15: Acid-Base Equilibria
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Chapter 16: Solubility and Complex Ion Equilibria
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Chapter 17: Spontaneity, Entropy, and Free Energy
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Chapter 18: Electrochemistry
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Chapter 19: The Nucleus: A Chemist's View
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Chapter 20: The Representative Elements
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Chapter 21: Transition Metals and Coordination Chemistry
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Chapter 22: Organic and Biological Molecules
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