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�Before You Begin:

General Chemistry is the title of a first year inorganic chemistry class that many US colleges and universities offer for science and chemistry majors. This is a collapsible list of the material covered in a typical General Chemistry course, though the order will vary. Click on a broad topic to see the details (click again to hide the details since this is a very long outline). When you find the specific topic you need, follow the link to read a short explanation, see an example, and work a sample problem for that topic. More detailed discussions of some of these ideas can be found in the Chemistry Web Book.

• Foundations of General Chemistry

  • Matter

    • Classification of Matter (more details)

      • Element versus Compound

      • Pure versus Mixture

      • States of Matter

    • Properties of Matter (more details)

      • Physical versus Chemical Properties

      • Extensive versus Intensive Properties

  • Measurement

    • Error in Measurement (more details)

      • Systematic versus Random Error

      • Precision and Accuracy

      • Significant Figures

    • Units of Measurement

    • Unit Analysis

  • The Periodic Table

    • Elemental Information

    • Metals, Non-metals, and Semi-metals

    • Regions of the Periodic Table

    • Groups and Periods

    • Periodic Properties, Part 1

  • Inorganic Compounds

    • Ionic Compounds

      • Introduction

      • Nomenclature

    • Molecular Compounds

    • Acids and Bases

  • The Mole Concept

    • Atomic Weight

    • The Mole

    • Formula Weight and Molar Mass

    • Percent Composition by Mass

    • Empirical Formula from Percent Composition

  • Chemical Reactions

    • Chemical Reaction Equations

      • General Information

      • Reactants and Products

      • States of Matter in Reaction Equations

      • Coefficients

    • Balancing Chemical Reaction Equations

    • Types of Reactions

  • Stoichiometry

    • What is Stoichiometry?

    • Finding the Mass of a Product

    • Limiting Reactant Problems

    • Theoretical and Percent Yield

• Atomic Theory

• Periodic Law

• Molecular Theory

• States of Matter and the Kinetic Molecular Theory

• Mixtures and Solutions

• Thermodynamics

• Chemical Kinetics

• Chemical Equilibria

• Descriptive Chemistry

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