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• Cover
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Conventions Used in This Book
• Foolish Assumptions
• Icons Used in This Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Chapter 1: Matter and Energy: Exploring the Stuff of Chemistry
• Knowing the States of Matter and Their Changes
• Pure Substances and Mixtures
• Measuring Matter
• Nice Properties You’ve Got There
• Energy Types
• Temperature and Heat
• Chapter 2: What’s in an Atom?
• Subatomic Particles
• Centering on the Nucleus
• Locating Those Electrons
• Isotopes and Ions
• Chapter 3: The Periodic Table
• Repeating Patterns: The Modern Periodic Table
• Arranging Elements in the Periodic Table
• Chapter 4: Nuclear Chemistry
• Seeing How the Atom’s Put Together
• Dealing with a Nuclear Breakup: Balancing Reactions
• Understanding Types of Natural Radioactive Decay
• Half-Lives and Radioactive Dating
• Breaking Elements Apart with Nuclear Fission
• Coming Together with Nuclear Fusion
• Chapter 5: Ionic Bonding
• Forming Ions: Making Satisfying Electron Trades
• Creating Ionic Compounds
• Bonding Clues: Electrolytes and Nonelectrolytes
• Chapter 6: Covalent Bonding
• Covalent Bond Basics
• Naming Covalent Compounds Made of Two Elements
• Writing Covalent Compound Formulas
• Electronegativities: Which Atoms Have More Pull?
• Chapter 7: Chemical Reactions
• Reactants and Products: Reading Chemical Equations
• Collision Theory: How Reactions Occur
• Types of Reactions
• Balancing Chemical Equations
• Knowing Chemical Equilibrium Backward and Forward
• Le Chatelier’s Principle: Getting More (or Less) Product
• Chemical Kinetics: Changing Reaction Speeds
• Seeing How Catalysts Speed Up Reactions
• Chapter 8: Electrochemistry: Using Electrons
• Transferring Electrons with Redox Reactions
• Balancing Redox Equations
• Exploring Electrochemical Cells
• Chapter 9: Measuring Substances with the Mole
• Counting by Weighing
• Moles: Putting Avogadro’s Number to Good Use
• Chemical Reactions and Moles
• Chapter 10: A Salute to Solutions
• Mixing Things Up with Solutes, Solvents, and Solutions
• Understanding Solution Concentration Units
• Chapter 11: Acids and Bases
• Observing Properties of Acids and Bases
• The Brønsted-Lowry Acid-Base Theory
• Understanding Strong and Weak Acids and Bases
• Acid-Base Reactions: Using the Brønsted-Lowry System
• Showing True Colors with Acid-Base Indicators
• Phun with the pH Scale
• Chapter 12: Clearing the Air on Gases
• The Kinetic Molecular Theory: Assuming Things about Gases
• Relating Physical Properties with Gas Laws
• Chapter 13: Ten Serendipitous Discoveries in Chemistry
• Archimedes: Streaking Around
• Vulcanization of Rubber
• Molecular Geometry
• Mauve Dye
• Kekulé: The Beautiful Dreamer
• Discovering Radioactivity
• Finding Really Slick Stuff: Teflon
• Stick ’Em Up! Sticky Notes
• Growing Hair
• Sweeter than Sugar
• Index
• About the Author
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement