Chemistry: Matter and Its Changes - Hardcover

Brady, James E.; Senese, Frederick A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470120940 ISBN 13: 9780470120941

Publisher: Wiley, 2007

Synopsis

The image on the front cover depicts a carbon nanotube emerging from a glowing plasma of hydrogen and carbon, as it forms around particles of a metal catalyst. Carbon nanotubes are a recently discovered allotrope of carbon. Three other allotropes of carbon-buckyballs, graphite, and diamond-are illustrated at the left, as is the molecule methane, CH4, from which nanotubes and buckyballs can be made. The element carbon forms an amazing number of compounds with structures that follow from simple methane, found in natural gas, to the complex macromolecules that serve as the basis of life on our planet. The study of chemistry also follows from the simple to the more complex, and the strength of this text is that it enables students with varied backgrounds to proceed together to significant levels of achievement.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Offers accurate, lucid and interesting explanations of basic concepts and facts of chemistry while helping students develop skills in analytical thinking and problem solving. Students are taught, in a variety of ways, to think of skills as tools that can be used to solve complex problems. Several aids are included to help focus and inspire student interest--frequent reference to common chemicals in commercial products, numerous photographs of reactions, in-chapter practice exercises following worked examples.

About the Author:

James E. Brady, St John's University; Joel Russell, Oakland University; and John R. Holum

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0470120940
• ISBN 13: 9780470120941
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 1048