Welcome to our Chemistry Tutorial!
Beginning in late August, 2024, we broke ground on our written Chemistry Tutorial. We have begun writing tutorial pages on various topics in Chemistry. Like our
Physics Tutorial, we view this as our
textbook. This will be a lengthy project to complete; we hope to complete it by the end of 2025. Our goal is to provide a free,
readable chemistry textbook that presents concepts and mathematics of chemistry in an easy-to-understand language. As time progresses, topics will be filled in below. To monitor daily progress, visit our
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Topics
We have plans to include tutorials for the following topics. Those topics that are linked have content. Those topics that are not linked are planned for a future date.
Chapter 1: Measurements and Calculations in Chemistry
Chemistry is a lab science and a quantitative science. As such, the doing of Chemistry is dependent upon an understanding of how to perform experiments, make careful measurements, and analyze quantitative data. Chapter 1 lays the foundation for success in a Chemistry course.
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Measurement and Calculations in Chemistry
Chapter 2: Matter
Chemistry is the study of matter - its properties, how we classify and characterize it, and how it changes. This chapter investigates the manner in which chemists describe matter and how one sample of matter can be distinguished from another sample of matter. The Periodic Table of Elements is introduced.
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Matter
Chapter 3: Elements, Atoms, and Ions
The search for the atom began a couple millenia ago. Chapter 3 chronicles a portion of that story from ancient times up to our understanding of a nuclear model of the atom. The chapter discusses the work of Mendeleev and others in developing a periodic table. An emphasis is placed on understanding how the elements can be understood in terms of their subatomic particles. Chapter 3 ends with a discussion of ions and the use of the periodic table in predicting ion charge.
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Elements, Atoms, and Ions
Chapter 4: Compounds, Names, and Formulas
ETA: Late October, 2024
Chapter 5: The Modern Model of the Atom
ETA: Mid November, 2024
Chapter 6: Chemical Bonds and Molecular Shape
ETA: Early December, 2024
Chapter 7: The Mole and Its Applications
ETA: March, 2025
Chapter 8: Chemical Reactions
ETA: March, 2025
Chapter 9: Stoichiometry
ETA: April, 2025
Chapter 10: Gas Laws
ETA: May, 2025
Chapter 11: Thermochemistry and Thermodynamics
ETA: June, 2025
Chapter 12: Solutions
ETA: July, 2025
Chapter 13: Kinetics and Equilibrium
ETA: August, 2025
Chapter 14: Acids and Bases
ETA: September, 2025
Chapter 15: Solutions Equilibria
ETA: October, 2025
Chapter 16: Electrochemistry
ETA: November, 2025
Chapter 17: Nuclear Chemistry and Radiation
ETA: December, 2025