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This eBook provides an introduction to the following basic chemistry concepts: Understanding what chemistry is, understanding the periodic table, understanding periodic trends, understanding how ionic and covalent bonds are formed, understanding how to name chemical bonds, and understanding how to balance chemical equations. There are 92 full-color slides all together. A total of 20 new slides were added on March 14, including slides that define valence electrons and describe how to determine the number of protons, neutrons, electrons, and valence electrons in a given atom or ion.
The author, Chris McMullen, is a physics and astronomy instructor at Northwestern State University of Louisiana. He earned his Ph.D. in physics at Oklahoma State University in phenomenological high-energy physics (particle physics). His doctoral dissertation was on the collider phenomenology of superstring-inspired large extra dimensions, a field in which he has coauthored several papers.
All rights are reserved by the author. However, educators may use this material in the classroom for the purpose of teaching chemistry concepts.
Contents:
(1) Understanding what chemistry is
(2) Understanding the structure of an atom
(3) Understanding the periodic table
(4) Understanding periodic trends
(5) Understanding how ionic and covalent bonds are formed
(6) Understanding how to name chemical bonds
(7) Understanding how to balance chemical equations
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