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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: All About Electrochemistry
As part of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site examines a variety of topics related to electrochemistry. Several of the topics included at this site are chemistry and electricity, electroneutrality, potential differences at...
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: The Earth's Crust
As part of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site examines a variety of topics related to the Earth, and specifically the Earth's crust. Other topics covered include chemistry of the crust, composition of rock, distribution of...
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Observable Properties of Gases
The General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, or Chem 1, is broken into several sections covering various aspects of topics related to chemistry. This section deals specifically with the properties of gases including subtopics such as the...
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: The Basic Gas Laws
The General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, or Chem 1, is broken into several sections covering various aspects of topics related to chemistry. This section deals specifically with a series of gas laws including Boyle's law, Charles and...
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Moles and Mixtures
The General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, or Chem 1, is broken into several sections covering various aspects of topics related to chemistry. This section covers a variety of topics related to moles, including molecular weight and density...
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Avogadro's Law
The General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, or Chem 1, is broken into several sections covering various aspects of topics related to chemistry. This section deals with a variety of topics related to real gases including effects of...
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: The Shared Electron Covalent Bond
The General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, or Chem 1, is broken into several sections covering various aspects of topics related to chemistry. This section deals with the shared-electron covalent bond and related topics such as the octet...
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Polar and Nonpolar Bonds
The General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, or Chem 1, is broken into several sections covering various aspects of topics related to chemistry. This section deals with chemical bonding and specifically the study of both polar and nonpolar...
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Understanding Entropy
As part of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site examines a variety of topics related to entropy. Other topics covered include how thermal energy is stored in molecules, quantum states, microstates and energy spreading, and...
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Atoms and the Periodic Table
As part of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site examines a list of related topics (in hyperlink format) on the atom and the Periodic Table of elements. Topics from light, particles, and waves to the Bohr model, quantum...
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: The Bohr Atom
Acting as a subtopic of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook's section on Atoms and the Periodic Table, this site discusses Niels Bohr and his work with the atom. Topics covered in the discussion include the atom before Bohr, Bohr's...
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Bonding in Metals and Semiconductors
Acting as an overview from the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site explores chemical bonding in relation to metals and semiconductors. Topics covered include molecular orbitals in metals, band structure in metals, and more.
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: The Hydrosphere and the Oceans
As part of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site examines a variety of topics related to the hydrosphere and the oceans. Topics covered include where the water came from, the hydrologic cycle, Oceanic circulation, atmospheric...
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Chemical Composition and Structure of the Earth
As part of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site examines a variety of topics related to the Earth. This page looks at the Earth and its lithosphere, the chemical composition of the Earth, the structure of the Earth, and more.
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Structure and Composition of the Atmosphere
As part of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site examines a variety of topics related to Earth's atmosphere. Topics covered in the overview include structure of the atmosphere, composition of the atmosphere, energy balance of...
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: All About Acids and Bases
Acting as an overview from the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site explores acids and bases and various topics connected to them, including electron pairs, proton donors, proton acceptors, acid-base reactions, and more.
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Some Important Organic Acids
Acting as an overview from the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site explores a variety of organic acids including acetic acid, formic acid, oxalic acid, lactic acid, citric acid, ascorbic acid, and more.
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Types of Acids and Bases
Acting as an overview from the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site explores topics related to the various types of acids and bases. The topics covered include binary hydrogen compounds, hydroxy compounds, oxygen compounds, and...
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Atomic Electron Configurations
Acting as a subtopic of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook's section on Atoms and the Periodic Table, this site discusses a series of topics related to electrons including atoms that have only one electron, effects of...
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Le Chatelier's Principle
Acting as an overview from the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site provides an overview of information related to Le Chatelier's Principle. Various topics covered include the le Chatelier Principle and physiology, how changes...
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Primary and Secondary Batteries
As part of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site examines a variety of topics related to electrochemistry. In particular, this site explores a range of topics related to batteries including primary and secondary batteries,...
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Electrochemical Corrosion
As part of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site examines a variety of topics related to electrochemistry. Topics covered include corrosion cells and reactions, control of corrosion, corrosion gallery, and more.
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Electrolytic Cells and Electrolysis
As part of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site examines a variety of topics related to electrochemistry. In a discussion of electrolysis, this site covers topics including electrolysis in aqueous solutions, Faraday's laws...
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Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Chemistry and Geochemistry of the Oceans
As part of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site examines a variety of topics related to the oceans. Topics covered include composition of seawater, conservative and non-conservative substances, organic matter, and more.