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Chapter 1 General Chemistry001 1.1 Chemistry: The Central Science001 1.2 The Scientific Method002 1.3 Matter: Physical State and Chemical Composition004 1.4 Elements and the Periodic Table009 1.5 Chemical Reactions in Aqueous Solution012 Chapter 2 Inorganic Chemistry016 2.1 Nomenclature of Inorganic Compounds016 2.2 Nomenclature of Coordination Compounds021 2.3 Ionic and Covalent Bonds 023 2.4 Coordination Compounds030 2.5 The Halogens034 Chapter 3 Organic Chemistry041 3.1 What is Organic Chemistry?041 3.2 Classes of Organic Compounds043 3.3 Nomenclature of Organic Compounds 045 3.4 Hydrocarbons053 3.5 Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions065 3.6 Isomerism070 3.7 Organic Polymers 074 Chapter 4 Analytical Chemistry081 4.1 Introduction to Analytical Chemistry081 4.2 Spectrochemical Methods084 4.3 Chromatography091 4.4 Thin-Layer Chromatography095 4.5 NMR Spectroscopy100 4.6 Mass Spectrometry104 Chapter 5 Physical Chemistry109 5.1 Introduction to Physical Chemistry109 5.2 Chemical Equilibrium114 5.3 Thermodynamics119 5.4 Solutions 124 5.5 Catalysis130 5.6 Electrochemical Cells 134 Chapter 6 Chemistry in Life141 6.1 Nitroglycerine141 6.2 Coupling of Reactions142 6.3 Haber Process 144 6.4 Air Bags146 6.5 Self-Cleaning Windows147 6.6 Lithium-Ion Batteries148 6.7 Liquid Crystals150 6.8 Superconductors152 6.9 The Discovery of Prodrugs154 6.10 Magnetic Resonance Imaging156 Chapter 7 Writing Lab Reports and Papers158 7.1 Some Guidelines for Writing Lab Reports158 7.2 Some Guidelines for Writing Scientific Papers168 Appendices 173 Appendix A Names of Chemical Elements173 Appendix B Common Chemical Terms176 Appendix C Some Laboratory Apparatus208 Appendix D Simple Guidelines to Qualitative Analysis of Inorganic Compounds210 References214