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. The Tutorial will support students as they work on interactive website tasks like Concept Builders, CalcPad problem sets, and Science Reasoning Center activities.

As time progresses, topics will be filled in below. To monitor near-daily progress, visit our What's New? page.
 

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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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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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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Chapter 4: Compounds, Names, and Formulas

With as many as a million compounds in existence, keeping track of their names and the formulae by which we refer to them would be an impossible task. But learning a few rules for referring to these compounds by name and by formula might be the most efficient means of managing all the details. This chapter will acquaint you with chemical nomenclature and formula writing. 

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Chapter 5: The Modern Model of the Atom

The 20th century was filled with accomplishments in scientific understanding. One of the greatest accomplishments was the development of the quantum mechanical model. Chapter 5 traces the discoveries that led to the model and the describes the relationship between the electronic structure of atoms and the properties of elements.

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Chapter 6: Chemical Bonds and Molecular Shape

ETA: Mid November, 2024

 

Chapter 7: The Mole and Its Applications

ETA: Mid December, 2024

 

Chapter 8: Chemical Reactions

ETA: Mid January, 2025

 

Chapter 9: Stoichiometry

ETA: Mid March, 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
 
 

Reference Tables and Other Information

Handy information for the Chemistry student and teacher. Additional items will be added to this page over time.

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