文档介绍：ESSENTIAL CHEMISTRY
PHILLIP MANNING
Atoms, Molecules, pounds
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Manning, Phillip, 1936-
Atoms, molecules, pounds / Phillip Manning.
p. cm. —(Essential chemistry)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7910-9534-8 (hardcover)
ISBN-10: 0-7910-9534-7 (hardcover)
1. Atoms. 2. Molecules. 3. Matter—Constitution. 4. Chemical reactions. I. Title. II.
Series.
2007
—dc22 2007011403
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Contents
1 Meet the Atom 1
2 The Quantum Model 15
3 The Nucleus 29
4 The Electrons 42
5 The Elements 58
6 Chemical Reactions:
Making Molecules 71
7 Chemical Bonds 81
pounds,
mon Results 102
Periodic Table of the Elements 110
Notes 116
Glossary 117
Bibliography 126
Further Reading 129
Index 131
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Meet the Atom
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