Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry
You can't see a single atom or weigh one molecule on any balance that exists — yet by the end of this chapter you'll count how many sit in a glass of water and predict exactly how much reacts with what. This is where chemistry becomes a science of numbers.
- Read any measurement as a number with a unit — and know why a number alone is meaningless
- Move between grams, moles, particles and litres without getting lost
- Count particles you can never see, using Avogadro's number
- Predict how much product a reaction makes, and which reactant runs out first
- Read any measurement as a number with a unit — and know why a number alone is meaningless
- Move between grams, moles, particles and litres without getting lost
- Count particles you can never see, using Avogadro's number
- Predict how much product a reaction makes, and which reactant runs out first