Chemistry for today : general, organic, and biochemistry /
Spencer L. Seager and Michael R. Slabaugh.
- Eighth edition. International edition.
- Australia : Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning, c2014.
- xxx, 821 pages : illustrations ; cm.
Includes glossary and index.
Matter, measurements, and calculations -- Atoms and molecules -- Electronic structure and the periodic law -- Forces between particles -- Chemical reactions -- The States of matter -- Solutions and colloids -- Reaction rates and equilibrium -- Acids, bases, and salts -- Radioactivity and nuclear processes -- Organic compounds: alkanes -- Unsaturated hydrocarbons -- Alcohols, phenols, and ethers -- Aldehydes and ketones -- Carboxylic acids and esters -- Amines and amides -- Carbohydrates -- Lipids -- Proteins -- Enzymes -- Nucleic acids and protein synthesis -- Nutrition and energy for life -- Carbohydrate metabolism -- Lipid and amino acid metabolism -- Body fluids