Includes index.

Contents: Introduction: matter and measurement -- Atoms, molecules and ions -- Stoichiometry: calculations with chemical formulas and equations -- Aqueous reactions and solution stoichiometry -- Thermochemistry -- Electronic structure of atoms -- Periodic properties of the elements -- Basic concepts of chemical bonding -- Molecular geometry and bonding theories -- Gases -- Intermolecular forces, liquids and solids -- Modern materials -- Properties of solutions -- Chemical kinetics -- Chemical equilibrium -- Acid-base equilibria -- Additional aspects of of aqueous equilibria -- Chemistry of the environment -- Chemical thermodynamics -- Electrochemistry -- Nuclear chemistry -- Chemistry of the nonmetals -- Metals and metallurgy -- Chemistry of coordination compounds -- The chemistry of life: organic and biological chemistry --