Introduction to Chemical Principles, 10th Edition

This solid, yet value-priced paperback gives students the background and confidence they need to succeed in chemistry. Stoker focuses on the most important topicsomitting organic and biochemistry chaptersand teaches the problem-solving skills students need. Each topic is developed at ground level,� and continues step step until the level of sophistication required for a further chemistry course is attained. Features An emphasis on problem solving throughout uses dimensional analysis in problem-solving whenever possible. This equips students with a powerful and widely applicable tool that requires no mathematics beyond arithmetic and elementary algebra. Worked examples with detailed commentary show students the proper way to mentally dissect and solve a problem. Over 5,000 questions and problems give students more opportunities than any other text to become proficient problem-solvers. Emphasis on significant figure concepts in all problem-solving situations provides two answers to the example: the calculator answer (which does not take into account significant digits) and the correct answer (which is the calculator answer adjusted to the correct number of significant figures).