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Chapter 1: Essential ideas
Exercise: Physical Properties of Matter
Exercise: Identifying Pure Substances and Mixtures
Tutor: Metric System Prefixes
Tutor: Unit Conversion
Significant Figures
Tutor: Scientific Notation 1, Multiplication and Division
Tutor: Scientific Notation 2, Raising to a Power
Tutor: Scientific Notation 3, Square Roots
Tutor: Density 1
Tutor: Density 2
Tutor: Temperature
Plotter
Chapter 2 Part 1: Atoms, Molecules and Ions
Exercise: Periodic Table Organization
The Periodic Table 1
The Periodic Table 2
Exercise: Electric Charge
Exercise: Radiation and Charge
Exercise: Cathode Rays
Exercise: Millikan Oil Drop Experiment
Exercise: Canal Ray Experiment
Exercise: The Rutherford Experiment
Tutor: Summary of Atomic Composition
Tutor: Average Atomic Mass from Isotopic Abundance
Chapter 2 Part 2: Atoms, Molecules and Ions
Tutor: Representing Compounds
Exercise: Isomers
Tutor: Naming Compounds of the Nonmetals
Phases of the Elements
Ionic Compounds
Coulomb's Law
Tutor: Ions Predicting Charge 1
Tutor: Ions Predicting Charge 2
Tutor: Polyatomic Ions
Simulation: Ionic Compound Formulas
Nomenclature Tutorial
Tutor: Naming Ionic Compound Formulas
Tutor: Moles and Atoms Conversion
Tutor: Molar Mass Conversion 1
Tutor: Molar Mass Conversion 2
Simulation: Compounds and Moles
Tutor: Determining Molar Mass
Tutor: Using Molar Mass
Tutor: Using Molar Mass
Molecular Weight and Weight Percent
Formulas and Percent Composition
Compound Builder
Tutor: Percent Composition
Tutor: Empirical Formulas
Tutor: Molecular Formulas
Tutor: Hydrated Compounds
Exercise: Analysis of a Mixture
Chapter 4: Stoichiometry of Chemical Reactions
Exercise: The Law of Conservation of Matter 1
Exercise: The Law of Conservation of Matter 2
Tutor: Balancing Chemical Equations
Balancing Equations
Limiting Reagents (Stoichiometry)
Exercise: Weight Relations in Chemical Reactions
Exercise: Limiting Reactants Redox Reactions
Simulation: Limiting Reactants
Tutor: Theoretical Yield
Tutor: Stoichiometry Theoretical Yield
Tutor: Percent Yield
Tutor: Chemical Analysis
Chapter 4: Stoichiometry of Chemical Reactions
Exercise: Dissolving Ionic Compounds
Molarity Calculations
Tutor: Solution Concentration
Tutor: Ion Concentration
Tutor: Direct Addition
Exercise: Direct Addition Method
Tutor: Dilution
Exercise: Dilution Method
Tutor: Solution Stoichiometry 1
Exercise: Solution Stoichiometry
Tutor: Solution Stoichiometry 2
Tutor: Titration mL Titrant Used
Tutor: Concentration of Unknown via Titration
Tutor: Concentration of Unknown via Titration
Simulation: Acid Ionization
Simulation: Solubility of Ionic Compounds
Tutor: Solubility of Ionic Compounds
Tutor: Net Ionic Equations
Tutor: Assigning Oxidation Numbers
Exercise: Exploring Chemical Reactions 1
Exercise: Exploring Chemical Reactions 2
Oxidation Numbers Tutorial
Exercise: Redox Reactions
Tutor: Precipitation Reactions
Tutor: Recognizing Reactions
Chapter 5: Thermochemistry
Calorimetry
Using Heat of Formation Enthalpies
Hess's Law Tutorial
Tutor: Specific Heat Capacity
Chapter 6: Electronic Structure and Periodic Properties of Elements
Tutor: Determining Frequency
Tutor: Determining Wavelength
Simulation: The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Orbital Energies
Atomic Absorption and Emission
UV-Vis Absorbance Spectroscopy
Simulation: Planck's Equation
Tutor: Energy of Light
Exercise: Atomic Line Spectra
Simulation: Atomic Absorption and Emission
Tutor: The Hydrogen Atom
Tutor: Matter Waves
Tutor: Quantum Numbers
Exercise: Shapes of Atomic Orbitals
Exercise: Node
Chapter 6: Electronic Structure and Periodic Properties of Elements
Atomic Electronic Configurations
Tutor: Electron Configurations of Ions
Simulation: Electron Configurations of Ions
Simulation: Orbital Energies
Simulation: Effective Nuclear Charge
Tutor: Electron Configurations 2
Tutor: Electron Configurations and Magnetism
Tutor: Electron Configurations 1
Simulation: Electron Configurations of Ions
Simulation: Atomic Size
Simulation: Ion Charge
Simulation: Ion Size
Simulation: Ionization Energy
Simulation: Electron Affinity