PREFACE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 ATOMIC STRUCTURES AND THE PERIODIC TABLE 1.1 Movement Behavior of Particles 1.2 The Quantum-Mechanical Model of the Atom 1.3 Electron Configuration of Many-Electron Atoms 1.4 Periodic Table 1.5 The Periodic Variation of Elemental Properties KEY GLOSSARIES ESSENTIAL EXERCISES REFERENCES CHAPTER 2 THEORY OF CHEMICAL BONDING AND MOLECULAR GEOMETRY 2.1 Types of Bonding 2.2 Theories of Covalent Bonding 2.3 Molecular Polarity 2.4 Attractive Forces between Molecules KEY GLOSSARIES ESSENTIAL EXERCISES REFERENCES CHAPTER 3 STATES OF MATTER 3.1 The States of Matter 3.2 Gases 3.3 Liquids 3.4 Solids 3.5 Phase Transition KEY GLOSSARIES ESSENTIAL EXERCISES REFERENCES CHAPTER 4 SOLUTIONS AND COLLOIDS 4.1 Dispersions 4.2 Concentration Units 4.3 Colligative Properties of Solutions 4.4 Preparation of Colloids 4.5 Properties of Colloids 4.6 Structure of Sol 4.7 Colloid Stability 4.8 Emulsion and Surfactants 4.9 Gel KEY GLOSSARIES ESSENTIAL EXERCISES REFERENCES CHAPTER 5 RATES OF REACTION 5.1 Reaction Rate 5.2 Reaction Mechanism 5.3 Dependence of Reaction Rate on Reactant Concentration 5.4 Dependence of Reaction Rate on Temperature 5.5 Dependence of Reaction Rate on Catalyst 5.6 Theory of Reaction Rate KEY GLOSSARIES ESSENTIAL EXERCISES