Principles of Chemistry

Description

Hallmark features of this title

• 4-step problem-solving approach (Sort, Strategize, Solve, Check) connects concepts to the problem and solution by developing a conceptual plan for each problem.
• Multipart images help students see the relationship between the formulas they write down on paper (symbolic), the world they see around them (macroscopic), and the atoms and molecules that compose the world (molecular).
• Abundant molecular-level views show students the connection between everyday processes visible to the eye and the behavior of atoms and molecules.
• Streamlined coverage of necessary general chemistry topics provides instructors with a text that covers only the topics that they needs. At 19 chapters, this text has no separate nonmetals, metals or coordination compounds chapters.

New and updated features of this title

• Missed This? feature appears in the end-of-chapter Self Assessment Quizzes and in each odd-numbered Problems by Topic exercise and provides sections to read to help students remediate where necessary.
• Chapter 5 provides topically focused coverage. Chemical Reactions and Solutions have been divided into two separate chapters (now Chapters 4 and 5): 1 on chemical reactions (including stoichiometry) and another on solutions (including aqueous reactions). This new organization allows a sharper focus in each chapter and reduces the cognitive load for students.
• Extensively updated art program better directs students’ attention to key elements in the art and promotes understanding of the processes depicted. Dozens of figures in the 5th Edition were reviewed by learning design specialists to ensure they are clearly navigable for students and now include more helpful annotations and labels to help readers focus on key concepts.

About our author

Nivaldo Tro has been teaching college Chemistry since 1990 and is currently teaching at Santa Barbara Community College. He received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Stanford University for work on developing and using optical techniques to study the adsorption and desorption of molecules to and from surfaces in ultrahigh vacuum. He then went on to the University of California at Berkeley, where he did postdoctoral research on ultrafast reaction dynamics in solution. Professor Tro has been awarded grants from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, the Research Corporation, and the National Science Foundation to study the dynamics of various processes occurring in thin adlayer films adsorbed on dielectric surfaces. Professor Tro lives in Santa Barbara with his wife, Ann, and their four children, Michael, Ali, Kyle, and Kaden. In his leisure time, Professor Tro enjoys mountain biking, surfing, and being outdoors with his family.