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An outline of the basic concepts of chemistry includes discussions of scientific notation, atomic structure, chemical bonding, and the periodic table. This book primarily focuses on what is generally taught in the first two years of an undergraduate university chemistry program. Yet, it is suitable not just for students, but professionals in fields where a basic background in chemistry is required as well.
Topics in electronic structure of atoms and molecules, biochemistry, chemical reactions, energy production and even modern topics such as quantum chemistry and molecular orbital theory are covered comprehensively, while eschewing the more complex mathematics and technicalities. Some of the terminology seems a little bit dated like "limiting reagent" instead of "limiting reactant," but otherwise the content is up-to-date. This book is quite clearly written.
My only objection to the writing style is that the author assumes the student is comfortable with math which is often not true. He makes statements like "It should be a trivial task now to extend the calculations to.. Every chapter is broken down into subsections.
Each subsection ends with "Key Takeaways" which summarizes the main points of the subsection and Exercises with the answers to the odd numbered ones provided.
I agree that the topics in the text are presented in a logical, clear fashion. The only change I would make is to present Chemical Equilibrium before Acids and Bases instead of after. Reading the HTML version of the text, it was easy to go from subsection to subsection or from chapter to chapter.
You can easily get back to the table of contents at any time and either choose a specific subsection to go to, or if you don't know exactly which subsection you want, you could choose the whole chapter. You could also click on the mention of a figure in the text and you would be taken to that figure. This was usually not necessary as the the figure would be already on the page.
The PDF and docx versions are a mess, at least on my computer, a five-year-old Mac. In the early chapters, none of the equations display properly. One of the overarching themes of the book is that "chemistry is everywhere," so many examples are used that apply to real life. There are medical references, but I would have liked to have seen more, as many students taking this class are pursuing an allied medical profession. I also would have liked more environmental chemistry examples. The topics listed in the Table of Contents are fairly typical of a textbook aimed at an Introductory Chemistry audience.
Upon closer examination, these topics receive a surface-level treatment; this is not inappropriate for a one-semester "bridge" Upon closer examination, these topics receive a surface-level treatment; this is not inappropriate for a one-semester "bridge" type course between high school and college-level chemistry. There is no index or glossary, so students would be forced to rely on the sequential organization of the book to find specific information. This textbook is representative of a typical introductory chemistry textbook.
There are only minor errors and oversimplifications in the text. The content relies on longstanding, tried-and-true examples from the field. It will not lose its longevity, but students and instructors may find it difficult to connect to the relevance of chemistry to modern issues.
The text has clear explanations written in simple terms. It should be accessible to high school and early college-level students. The explanations are not always the most efficient possible, but neither are those of most chemistry textbooks!
The text is very sequential in nature, as chemistry is in general. It would be difficult for an instructor to use the chapters out of the order in which they are presented.
The textbook is very sequential, and the formatting is very straightforward and easy to navigate. However, it does very little to grab the reader's attention. The book has been edited for grammar and spelling. There were only a limited number of grammatical errors. The textbook was designed around the premise that "Chemistry is Everywhere", but I don't feel that the case was made very well throughout. There is no culturally offensive content, but there were fewer connections to everyday life than I would have expected.
This book is a good start for an instructor who desires to adapt and develop her or his own supplementary material and examples to flesh out an introductory college-level course. It would readily replace the vast majority of textbooks sold by for-profit publishers in this market, and the effort required by the instructor to adapt the materials would well be worth the effort in terms of cost savings for her or his students.
Given the book's title Introductory Chemistry , I would say that it successfully attempts to cover most topics which I would associate with an introductory chemistry course but not a General Chemistry course. That is, it would be appropriate That is, it would be appropriate for an introductory course geared toward non-science majors or for a chemistry course geared toward prospective science majors i.
I reviewed the book with this in mind and primarily focused on Chapters 1 - 5 and 9, which cover topics often found in introductory courses. I would add though that some topics are left out, notably kinetics. While this is appropriate for a very introductory course, it's not appropriate for a General Chemistry course. Further, topics like an Introduction to Organic Chemistry, which was an included topic ARE appropriate for a General Chemistry course but not for an introductory chemistry course.
Overall, the book does an adequate job of covering topics needed for an introductory course but does a less than adequate job of covering topics needed for a General Chemistry course.
The sample problems and examples that I reviewed seemed generally accurate. However, examples used to explain concepts were not always well chosen and I would disagree with certain word choices the author used to explain concepts.
For example, when explaining sig figs, the author seems to treat them as more of a convention that is arbitrary rather than as a practice grounded in scientific and mathematical principles. In other areas of the text, the author oversimplifies, such as when he explains the octet rule in chapter 9 and says " It's perfectly acceptable and more accurate when introducing the octet rule to say instead that the reasons behind it aren't going to be explained at that time.
Well, it's a chemistry book That being said, I would give it good marks for longevity as the author attempts to introduce everyday examples of chemistry in the world around us - in ingredient labels, cooking, etc. This hopefully will make students more interested in the material in the long run. It suffers though, from not being a bit more interactive. Perhaps pairing it with YouTube videos, other CC materials or free resources would make it have more staying power.
In my view, the book has too many errors of grammar to be rated as having good clarity. It also has poor labeling of diagrams i. Figure 4. It's very important to always use state symbols once they have been introduced. I would even say that the sections are often out of order. For example, section 1. But then in section 1. The concept of science is more fundamental and should be introduced prior to or concurrent with the definition of chemistry. And how the author defines science is nebulous at best c.
Another confusing statement which demonstrates poor word choice is the statement in Chapter 3 that "Some elements exist as molecules. I would give the book mediocre marks on consistency. I say this mainly because the book has very inconsistent use of state symbols in chemical equations. It does have good parallel structure in that it has similar structures for each chapter. And it has a similar tone throughout the book. But, it also suffers from a lack of sufficient examples and all the examples are of very similar format i.
I think many of the concepts could be explained in more ways so that they would be accessible to a more diverse body of students. The chapters are reasonably stand alone and tend to reference concepts which can be learned about from other sources i. The book does reference itself sometimes, but it doesn't seem to do this too much.
I think there are particular concepts the author explains quite well and which could be pulled from the text for a lecture or course packet. I commented some on this in my comments on clarity, but I would say the book would get mediocre marks for organization and flow.
Even in chapter 1, the concept of chemistry is introduced explicitly before the concept of science, which strikes me as odd. Chapter 6 Gases seems out of place also - why discuss the theory of gases right after stoichiometry but before bonding Chapter 9. It does make sense to put Nuclear Chemistry and Organic Chemistry at the end, but the order of Chapters 6 - 14 is odd to me.
I would give the book a mediocre score for interface. The graphics are not particularly engaging and, in certain cases they are poorly chosen i. Also, when you click on the links in the text in the online version sometimes it snaps to slightly the wrong place.
It should snap to a place where you can still see the title and caption of the Figure, and this isn't generally the case i. Some links don't work i. Figure 1. To give a further example, in chapter 1, when the author is defining matter, he says that air is " Also in chapter 1, the author, when attempting to describe chemical properties, uses the sentence "Burning is a chemical property. Well, it's a chemistry text, so this isn't as big of an issue and is more difficult to comment on.
That being said, I suppose the book could try to incorporate more examples of women or minority chemists and their contributions. Or, in example problems make sure to use a wide array of names which traditionally represent men and women. Overall, I would not use this book as written for a chemistry course I am teaching.
But, I would make use of certain example problems and definitions that I think the author has done well. I think the author made a good effort to make a text which is accessible to introductory students but needed more consistency, editing and thought put into the final product. Text covers all the main areas of general chemistry.
However, there is lack of picutres in some topics so that students understand the concepts. Some expressions should be revised i. Periodic table on page and Table 3. Some illustrations and images are disproportionated. Some tables are blurry, specially when the equation editor is used.
Contents are up to date. However, reference to the most recent discoveries should be added in future revisions. For example, changes in the Periodic Table. Also, reference to the ACS should be included as an asset for good chemistry and jobs connections.
Readability is an issue in this text. Pictures and figures are in one page and the explanation stands in the next page. All chapters should begin in new pages. Key takeaways should include key concepts from the chapter, along with definitions. Learning objectives should be quantifiable. Avoid using "learn" or "know". At least, three objectives should be included per chapter or section. Font size is not consistent.
Other than that, the text is well written and uses the correct chemical vocabulary and terminology. Sections are brief which is good, they focus on little material allowing for studying to be easier for students. The text book is perfect for non-majors and focus on the basic foundations of chemistry. Some challenging examples or exercises should be added to encourage classroom discussion. Good organization and sequence of chapters.
Topics are presented in a way any non-major student could understand. Images should be proportionate to the size of the page.
Some equations get blurry when size increases. The way images are presented should have more connection with the material explained. Text is not culturally biased and of course, it has many examples that are relevant to any group and culture.
This book is intended for students who have never studied chemistry previously; it is not aimed at science majors in higher education. The topics are appropriate for the beginner in chemistry. Certain topics, such as kinetics, are not addressed Certain topics, such as kinetics, are not addressed in any detail, but given the mathematical nature of that topic, the omission of kinetics is not surprising.
By comparison, the well-known competing text written by John Hill, Chemistry for Changing Times, does not address either kinetics or equilibrium. The topics are reasonably comprehensive for the intended audience, but since the book lacks a table of contents and an index and even lacks a title page!
There are a few minor problems. Figure 9. Some of these errors undoubtedly would not make it past the reviewers and editors of commercial texts. On the whole, however, the content is reasonably accurate. The content is up-to-date and should not become obsolete soon.
Updating the text, if deemed necessary in the future, should not prove difficult. The writing is friendly and informal, perfectly appropriate for its audience and is certainly accessible to anyone of fifteen years of age or older. Orbital filling is explained well with figures and words in terms of the periodic table. Each chapter is divided into multiple sections, and each section is structured with learning objective s and example s.
This layout differs from many textbooks, in which several pages of practice exercises are typically given at the very end of the chapter rather than at the end of each section. Some will prefer a more conventional layout, but overall the structure of the chapters is consistent and very good. The organization of the topics is similar to many other textbooks.
No new ground is broken in this respect. In the preface the author states his reasoning for introducing the concept of chemical change earlier rather than later in the sequence of topics, and even though I prefer an "atoms first" approach, his opinion is at least as good as mine. This is easily the worst aspect of the book. The formatting of special symbols, superscripts, and subscripts is extremely uneven and problematic. In addition, the representations of isotopes, with superscripted mass numbers and subscripted atomic numbers, often appear extremely fuzzy.
All of these problems can be fixed, at least in principle, if you have the time and patience, since the text is available in both Word and pdf versions and is easily modified. Many, many problems with the formatting of equations and unit conversions can be found in Chapter 2 alone.
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Alfred Bader, McMaster U. Primer on Quantum Theory of the Atom - A set of in-frequently asked questions in the form of a quantum catechism. Atomic orbital visualization - see the The Orbitron: a gallery of orbitals -- and also the references on our visualization page. What is an orbital? Introduction to Atoms - A concise exposition of the principles including elementary quantum theory with some interesting twists.
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Part of the Chem1 Virtual Textbook. Interactions between molecular units - this tutorial for first-year students looks at ionic-, van der Waals attractions, and the universal repulsive force, and how these lead to potential energy curves.
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