
BASIC CONCEPTS OF CHEMISTRY
Leo J. Malone, 7th ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004
Originally posted, 9/29/00, last update, 11/10/10
Supplementary online exercises and links to tutorials.
Prepared by Steve Murov
Professor Emeritus from Modesto Junior College
murovs@mjc.edu
For directory of chemical education links, visit -
http://murov.info/webercises.htm
CHAPTER 1 - Measurements in Chemistry
Exercise 1-1 Significant Figures and
Scientific Notation -
Exercise 1-1
1-2 Unit Conversions
Exercise 1-2
Tutorials
Significant Figures
http://www.chem.vt.edu/RVGS/ACT/notes/Sig._Digs.html
http://www.citadel.edu/citadel/otherserv/chem/chem151/sigfig.htm
http://members.aol.com/profchm/basicmth.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/10429/high/mathrev/mathrev.htm
Scientific Notation
http://www.chemtutor.com/numbr.htm#sci
http://members.aol.com/profchm/basicmth.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/10429/high/mathrev/mathrev.htm
Metric System
http://library.thinkquest.org/10429/high/mathrev/mathrev.htm
http://members.aol.com/profchm/basicmth.html
Unit Conversions or Dimensional analysis
http://www.chem.tamu.edu/class/fyp/mathrev/mr-da.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/10429/high/mathrev/mathrev.htm
For additional tutorials, see
Appendix D:
CHAPTER 2 - Matter, Changes and Energy
Exercise 2-1 Density -
Exercise 2-1
2-2 Terminology -
Exercise 2-2
Tutorials
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/matter/index.shtml
http://library.thinkquest.org/10429/high/matter/matter.htm
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/atoms/states.html
http://www.gcsechemistry.com/e9.htm
http://www.chemtutor.com/sta.htm
http://members.aol.com/profchm/matter.html
For additional tutorials, see
Appendix D:
CHAPTER 3 - Elements,
Compounds, and Their Composition
Exercise 3-1 Symbols and Properties of the
Elements -
Exercise 3-1
3-2 Protons, Neutrons, Electrons and Isotopes
-
Exercise 3-2
Tutorials
http://members.aol.com/profchm/eq_form.html
http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/3-atoms.htm
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/atom.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/10429/high/atomic/atomicbody.htm
http://www.chemtutor.com/struct.htm#wht
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/atoms/index.shtml
http://www.gcsechemistry.com/a1.htm
For additional tutorials, see
Appendix D:
CHAPTER 4 - The Periodic
Table and Chemical Nomenclature
Exercise 4-1 Polyatomic Ions -
Exercise 4-1
4-2 Formulas of Compounds -
Exercise 4-2
4-3 Nomenclature and
Properties of Compounds -
Exercise 4-3
Tutorials
Nomenclature
http://www.chem.vt.edu/RVGS/ACT/notes/Nomenclature.html
http://science.widener.edu/svb/pset/nomen_b.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/10429/high/nomen/nomen.htm
http://members.aol.com/profchm/eq_form.html
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/compounds/index.shtml
Periodicity
http://home.earthlink.net/~ssbeaton/addlinfo/historypertable.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/3616/chem/Periodic.htm
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/periodic/index.shtml
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/atoms/propsmenu.html#top
http://www.chemtutor.com/perich.htm
http://members.aol.com/profchm/periodic.html
For additional tutorials, see
Appendix D:
CHAPTER 5 - Modern Atomic Theory
Exercise 5-1 Electronic Structure of Atoms-
Exercise 5-1
5-2 Periodic Properties of the Elements -
Exercise 5-2
Tutorials
Electron structure
http://www.chem.vt.edu/RVGS/ACT/notes/Quantum_Numbers.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/10429/high/eleconfig/electron.htm
http://www.chemtutor.com/struct.htm#con
http://members.aol.com/profchm/at_struc.html
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/electrons/index.shtml
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/atoms/propsmenu.html#top
Periodicity
http://library.thinkquest.org/10429/high/eleconfig/elecbody.htm#per
http://members.aol.com/profchm/periodic.html
For additional tutorials, see
Appendix D:
CHAPTER
6 - The Chemical Bond
Exercise 6-1 Valence and Ion Electron
Structures-
Exercise 6-1
6-2 Lewis Structures of Molecules -
Exercise 6-2
6-3 Bond Type and Polarity -
Exercise 6-3
Tutorials
Bonding
http://www.chemtutor.com/compoun.htm
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/bonding.html
http://members.aol.com/profchm/bonding.html
http://members.aol.com/profchm/molecule.html
Lewis Dot Structures
http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~cchieh/cact/c120/dotstruc.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/10429/high/bonding/bonding.htm
http://misterguch.brinkster.net/lewisstructures.html
http://members.aol.com/profchm/lewis.html
Molecular Geometry
http://library.thinkquest.org/10429/high/geometry/geometry.htm
http://www.shef.ac.uk/chemistry/vsepr/
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/vsepr/
http://members.aol.com/profchm/molecule.html
For additional tutorials, see
Appendix D:
CHAPTER
7 - Chemical Reactions
Exercise 7-1 Balancing and Classfying Chemical
Reactions -
Exercise 7-1
7-2 Net Ionic Equations and Double Replacements
Exercise 7-2
Tutorials
Classifcation of Reactions
http://www.chemtutor.com/react.htm
http://www.chem.vt.edu/RVGS/ACT/notes/Types_of_Equations.html
Balancing equations
http://library.thinkquest.org/10429/high/balequa/balequa.htm
http://members.aol.com/profchm/balance.html
http://www.chemtutor.com/react.htm
Net ionic equations
http://www.chem.vt.edu/RVGS/ACT/notes/Notes_on_Net_ionic_rxns.html
http://pages.towson.edu/ladon/netionic.doc
For additional tutorials, see
Appendix D:
CHAPTER 8 - Quantitative
Relationships in Chemistry
Exercise 8-1 Formula Mass, Moles and Molecules -
Exercise 8-1
8-2 Percent Composition, Empirical and Molecular Formulas
Exercise 8-2
8-3 Stoichiometry
Exercise 8-3
Tutorials
mole
http://members.aol.com/profchm/mole.html
http://www.chemtutor.com/mols.htm
http://www.gcsechemistry.com/m.htm
Percent Composition, empirical and molecular
formulas
http://library.thinkquest.org/10429/high/chemcomp/compbody.htm
Stoichiometry
http://members.aol.com/profchm/stoic.html
http://www.chemtutor.com/mols.htm#stoi
For additional tutorials, see
Appendix D:
CHAPTER
9 - The Gaseous State
Exercise 9-1 Gas Laws -
Exercise 9-1
9-2 Gases and Gas Stoichiometry
Exercise 9-2
Tutorials
http://chemistry.ohio-state.edu/betha/nealGasLaw/
http://library.thinkquest.org/10429/high/gaslaws/gaslaws.htm
http://www.chemtutor.com/gases.htm
http://members.aol.com/profchm/gas_laws.html
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/gases/index.shtml
For additional tutorials, see
Appendix D:
CHAPTER 10 - The Solid and Liquid States
Exercise 10-1 Energy Changes -
Exercise 10-1
Tutorials
Liquids and Solids
http://members.aol.com/profchm/liqsolid.html
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/atoms/states.html
http://www.gcsechemistry.com/e9.htm
http://www.chemtutor.com/sta.htm
Energy Changes
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/thermo/index.shtml
http://members.aol.com/profchm/thermo.html
For additional tutorials, see
Appendix D:
CHAPTER
11 - Aqueous Solutions
Exercise 11-1 Concentrations and Solution
Stoichiometry -
Exercise 11-1
Tutorials
http://members.aol.com/profchm/solution.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/10429/high/sol/sol.htm
For additional tutorials, see
Appendix D:
CHAPTER 12 - Acids, Bases, and Salts
Exercise 12-1 Acids and Bases, pH -
Exercise 12-1
Tutorials
Acid and base concepts
http://members.aol.com/logan20/ionic_eq.html
http://www.gcsechemistry.com/aa.htm
http://www.chemtutor.com/acid.htm
pH
http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/7-ph.htm
http://wwwchem.uwimona.edu.jm:1104/courses/pH/phlogs.html
Titrations
http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~cchieh/cact/c123/titratn.html
http://www.psigate.ac.uk/newsite/reference/plambeck/chem1/p01171.htm
For additional tutorials, see
Appendix D:
CHAPTER 13 - Oxidation-Reduction
Reactions
Exercise 13-1 Oxidation and Reduction -
Exercise 13-1
Tutorials
Oxidation numbers
http://library.thinkquest.org/10429/high/redox/redox.htm
http://www.chem.vt.edu/RVGS/ACT/notes/oxidation_numbers.html
Oxidation-Reduction reactions
http://members.aol.com/logan20/redox.html
http://www.chemtutor.com/redox.htm
Electrochemistry
http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/echem/electroc.html
http://members.aol.com/logan20/electchm.html
For additional tutorials, see
Appendix D:
CHAPTER 14 - Reaction Rates and
Equilibrium
Exercise 14-1 Equilibrium Expressions, Le Chatelier's
Principle -
Exercise 14-1
Tutorials
Equilibrium
http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/courses/equil/toc.html
http://pages.towson.edu/ladon/chemeq.html
Kinetics
http://members.aol.com/profchm/kinetics.html
http://www.gcsechemistry.com/rc.htm
For additional tutorials, see
Appendix D:
CHAPTER
15 - Nuclear Chemistry
Exercise 15-1 Nuclear Chemistry -
Exercise 15-1
Tutorials
http://library.thinkquest.org/10429/high/nuclear/nuclear.htm
http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/8-nukes.htm
http://www.lbl.gov/abc/
http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/Chemistry/NuclearChemistry/mainpage.htm
For additional tutorials, see
Appendix D:
CHAPTER
16 - Organic Chemistry
Exercise 16-1 Organic Chemistry -
Exercise 16-1
Tutorials
http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/10-organic.htm
http://members.aol.com/logan20/organic.html
http://members.aol.com/profchm/organic1.html
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/orgmenu.html#top
http://www.organicworldwide.net/tutorial.html
For additional tutorials, see
Appendix D:
APPENDIX
A - Names and Symbols of Common Ions Arranged by Charge
http://murov.info/ions.htm
APPENDIX B - Useful Sites
on the Internet
Chemistry Directory - http://murov.info/webercises.htm
General Chemistry Concepts and Nomenclature
(also see section X)
APPENDIX
C - Properties of Elements and Compounds 1. General
Chemistry a. Concepts, Tutorials and Exercises -
d. Virtual textbook - 2. Organic
Chemistry Concepts, Tutorials and Exercises -
http://www.colby.edu/chemistry/OChem/OChemHome241.HTML ACKNOWLEDGMENT - All of the exercises linked above were developed
using the software called Hot Potatoes. http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked/
http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/vrchemistry/foundation.html
http://ibchem.com/
http://www.avogadro.co.uk/chemist.htm
Chemistry Dictionary (downloadable) - http://www.chemistry-blog.com/dictionary/
Chemical Encyclopedia -
http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/scidex.htm
*
http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryatoz/a/chemistryindex.htm
Chemistry Topics -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemistry_topics
http://chemistry.wikia.com/wiki/Chemistry_Wiki
IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology -
http://goldbook.iupac.org/
Glossaries: http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/glossary.shtml
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/chemistry/letters/
http://www.infoplease.com/
http://www.environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/chemistry/dictionary/
http://www.reviseguys.com/moodle/mod/glossary/view.php?id=255
http://goldbook.iupac.org/
http://www.avogadro.co.uk/chemist.htm
http://www.babylon.com/define/24/Chemistry-Dictionary.html
http://misterguch.brinkster.net/vocabulary.html
Glossaries and Nomenclature:
http://www.chem.qmw.ac.uk/iupac/
http://php.indiana.edu/~davisc/Abstract.htm
A. Elements - Periodic Tables - WebElements
- http://www.webelements.com/
B. Compounds - Properties (including MSDS)
1. ChemFinder Web Server - http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com/
2. ChemExper Chem. Directory
http://www.chemexper.com/
3. Alpha
Chemical http://www.alfa.com/alf/laboratory_chemical_suppliers.htm
4. Vermont Safety Information
Resources, Inc. - http://hazard.com/msds/
5. EMD Chemicals - http://www.emdchemicals.com/corporate/emd_corporate.asp
6. Chemid
- http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/chemidlite.jsp
7. Aldrich (now contains spectra) -
http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/
8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organic_compounds
9.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inorganic_compounds
10. Acros
- http://www.acros.com/portal/alias__Rainbow/lang__en/tabID__21/DesktopDefault.aspx
11.
National Physical Laboratory -
organic - http://www.kayelaby.npl.co.uk/chemistry/3_3/3_3.html
inorganic -
http://www.kayelaby.npl.co.uk/chemistry/3_2/3_2.html
12. http://www.chemicalland21.com/listaz01.htm
13. http://www.chemblink.com/
14. http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/cis/products/icsc/dtasht/index.htm
15. Knovel Critical Tables - Free
registration required (on registration form,
http://www.knovel.com/web/portal/free_titles
, or after clicking on
http://www.knovel.com/web/portal/browse/display?_EXT_KNOVEL_DISPLAY_bookid=761
select the Table for Basic Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds
and register.
16. Chemindex - http://ccinfoweb.ccohs.ca/chemindex/search.html
17. WolframAlpha -
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
18. LookChem - http://www.lookchem.com/
19. Human Metabolome Database - http://hmdb.ca/
20. Madison Metabolomics - http://mmcd.nmrfam.wisc.edu/
21. TCI America -
http://www.tciamerica.com/brochure/catalog.html
22. Chemical Book - http://www.chemicalbook.com/
23.
Chemspider - http://www.chemspider.com/SimpleSearch.aspx
APPENDIX D - Additional
tutorial sites
http://proton.csudh.edu/lecture_help/lechelp.html
http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/genchem.html
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/tutorials/index.shtml
http://neon.chem.ox.ac.uk/vrchemistry/
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/
http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/it/courses.html
http://www.mp-docker.demon.co.uk/
http://www.chemsheets.co.uk/
http://www.chemistry-react.org/go/Default_100001.html
http://www.meta-synthesis.com/webbook.html
http://ibchem.com/
http://www.webchem.net
http://www.reviseguys.com/moodle/index.php
http://www.avogadro.co.uk/chemist.htm
http://www.ars-chemia.net/
b. Concepts, Tutorials -
http://www.afn.org/~afn02809/
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/chem/onlineresources/index.cfm#1
http://www.chemtopics.com/lectures.htm
CHEMystery -
http://library.thinkquest.org/3659/
http://www.shsu.edu/~chm_tgc/sounds/sound.html
http://pages.towson.edu/ladon/
gas laws -
http://chemistry.ohio-state.edu/betha/nealGasLaw/
http://members.aol.com/profchm/
http://www.chemtutor.com/
http://www.gcsechemistry.com/ukop.htm
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/
VSEPR -
http://www.shef.ac.uk/chemistry/vsepr/
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/vsepr/
coordination compounds -
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/cchem/
organometallics -
http://www.ilpi.com/organomet/
http://www.chemspy.com/tutorials.html
http://www.visionlearning.com/library/cat_view.php?cid=1&l=
http://www.chemistryland.com/home.html
c. Exercises -
http://jws-edcv.wiley.com/college/bcs/redesign/student/0,,_0471215228_BKS_1388____,00.html
http://www.chempractice.com
Conceptual questions -
http://www.chem.wisc.edu/~concept/
http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCEWWW/Features/CQandChP/
http://www.jce.divched.org/JCEDLib/QBank/collection/ConcepTests/index.html
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/chem/chem.cfm
http://chem1.com/acad/webtext/virtualtextbook.html
http://cnx.org/content/col10264/latest
http://mypchem.com
http://www.chem.wisc.edu/~concept/
http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/chemistry/courses/chem211/
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/index.html#top
http://www.organicworldwide.net/tutorial.html
nomenclature -
http://www.acdlabs.com/iupac/nomenclature/
http://www.ochem.com