Known for helping students develop the qualitative, conceptual foundation that gets them thinking like chemists, this market-leading text is designed for students with solid mathematical preparation and prior exposure to chemistry. The unique organization of the text supports this qualitative-to-quantitative approach. A strong emphasis on models and everyday applications of chemistry combines with a thoughtful, step-by-step problem solving approach to build conceptual understanding.

Key Feature
Twenty percent of the hallmark end-of-chapter problems, including Challenge exercises, are new. This book's unique organization covers equilibria and acid-base chemistry early, and delays coverage of atomic theory and bonding until the second half of the text
Chemical Insights boxed essays emphasize applications of chemistry in the real world such as ``The Importance of Oxygen; ``Firewalking: Magic or Science? "; ``Smart Fluids (Magneride system monitor the road surface)
All of the mathematical operations required for this text are conveniently illustrated in worked-out examples