Schaum's A-Z Chemistry - Softcover

The most convenient reference yet from Schaum's--with look-up as quick as ABC!

Schaum's bestselling study guides have been proven to produce results, provide comprehensive review, and improve test scores. Suitable for senior high-school students, AP students, and college freshmen, Schaum's A-Z guides are an ideal complement to your course textbooks and test-preparation guides. They provide the information you need to expand your existing knowledge.

Each Schaum's A-Z handbook puts your studies on the fast track with:

• An A-Z format that make finding definitions for unfamiliar terms easy and quick
• Definitions that help you break through technical jargon
• Thorough, easy-to-understand explanations that simplify complex concepts you need for your classwork
• Cross-referenced entries to show you how central ideas link together
• Review lists of key concepts that prepare you for your examinations
• Advice on how to understand common examiners' terms and other test-taking tips

Here in Schaum's A-Z Chemistry, you will find:

• Concise definitions of more than 1,100 key terms
• Hundreds of helpful diagrams, graphs, and tables
• Clear presentations of formulae, structures, reactions, and tests
• Completed examples that show you how to answer typical short examination questions

Topics include: atoms; electrons in atoms; chemical amounts and formulae; chemical amounts and equations; states of matter; gases; structure and properties; bonding; energetics; redox reactions; periodic table; reaction rates; chemical equilibrium; organic reactions; hydrocarbons; organic halogen compounds; alcohols; petrochemicals; fuels; waste; experimental skills; kinetics; reaction mechanisms; the equilibrium law; thermochemistry of ionic compounds; periodicity; transition metal chemistry; organic structures; arenes; polymers; instrumental methods; organic synthesis

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