General Chemistry Topic Review

These pages provide a brief review of a number of general chemistry topics. Choose one of the categories below or scroll down to see a complete list of all the pages. Please send comments, corrections, or suggestions to master1@chemed.chem.purdue.edu.

Measurement Units Errors Significant Figures Scientific Notation	The Structure of Solids Categories of Solids The Structure of Metals Unit Cells
Elements, Compounds and Mixtures Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures Atoms vs. Ions Naming Compounds, Ions, and Acids Oxidation Numbers	Liquids Structure of Liquids Melting, Freezing, and Boiling Points Properties of Water Phase Diagrams Clausius-Clapeyron Equation
Stoichiometry Definition of Terms Chemical Reactions Solutions	Solutions Solutions Colligative Properties Chemical Separations
Gases Gases The Properties of Gases Gas Laws The Kinetic Molecular Theory Deviations from the Ideal Gas Laws	Gas Phase Reactions Gas-Phase Reactions Equilibrium Expressions Le Chatelier's Principle
Thermochemistry Temperature Heat Work Energy	Acid-Base Equilibria Water, Acids, and Bases pH, pOH, and Ka Solving Equilibrium Problems Involving Strong Acids Weak Acid and Equilibrium Solving Equilibrium Problems Involving Bases Mixtures and Buffers Diprotic and Triprotic Acids and Bases Compounds That Could Be Either Acids or Bases
Structure of the Atom The Atom and Electromagnetic Radiation Development of Current Atomic Theory Quantum Numbers and Electron Configurations
An Introduction to Ionic Compounds Size of Atoms Ionization Energy and Electron Affinity Lattice Energy Why NaCl not NaCl₂? Why MgCl₂ not MgCl? Why do Semimetals Exist?	Solubiliby and Complex-Ion Equilibria Solubility Solubility Product Common Ions and Complex Ions Combined Equilibria
The Covalent Bond The Covalent Bond and Valence Electrons Lewis Structures Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion Theory Table Summarizing Geometries Based on VSEPR Hybrid Atomic Orbitals Molecular Orbital Theory	Oxidation-Reduction Reactions Oxidation-Reduction Reactions Oxidation-Reduction Equations Oxidizing and Reducing Agents
Main-Group Metals Activity of Metals Group IA Active Metal Reactions Groups IIA, IIIA, and IVA	Electrochemistry Electrochemical Reactions Electrolytic Cells
	Electrochemistry Electrochemical Reactions Electrolytic Cells
Redox Reactions Oxidation and Reduction Salts of Main Group Metals	Chemical Thermodynamics Energy, Enthalpy, and the 1st Law of Thermodynamics Entropy and the 2nd & 3rd Law Gibbs Free Energy
The Chemistry of Nonmetals The Chemistry of Nonmetals The Chemistry of Hydrogen The Chemistry of Oxygen and Sulfur The Chemistry of Nitrogen and Phosphorous The Chemistry of the Halogens The Chemistry of the Rare Gases The Inorganic Chemistry of Carbon	Chemical Kinetics Chemical Kinetics Chemical Reactions Activation Energy
Acids and Bases Definitions of Acids and Bases and the Role of Water Acid-Base Pairs, Strength of Acids and Bases, and pH Factors that Control the Relative Strengths of Acids and Bases Transition Metal Ions as Brønsted Acids The Lewis Definitions of Acids and Bases	Nuclear Chemistry Nuclear Chemistry -- History Radioactive Decay Ionizing Radiation Natural vs. Induced Radioactivity Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fusion Nuclear Synthesis and Nuclear Medicine
Transition-Metal Chemistry Transition Metals Coordination Complexes and Ligands Nomenclature of Complexes Isomers Bonding Valence Bond Theory Crystal Field Theory Ligand Field Theory Coordination Chemistry Help Homepage	Intermolecular Forces
	Introduction to Organic Chemistry Brønsted Acids and Bases Intermolecular Forces

Measurement	Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures	Stoichiometry
Gases	Thermochemistry	Structure of the Atom
An Introduction to Ionic Compounds	The Covalent Bond	Main-Group Metals
Redox Reactions	The Chemistry of Nonmetals	Acids and Bases
Transition-Metal Chemistry	The Structure of Solids	Liquids
Solutions	Gas-Phase Reactions	Acid-Base Equilibria
Solubility and Complex-Ion Equilibria	Oxidation-Reduction Reactions	Electrochemistry
Chemical Thermodynamics	Chemical Kinetics	Nuclear Chemistry
Intermolecular Forces	Introduction to Organic Chemistry	Introduction to Materials Science
Organic Chemistry: Structure and Nomenclature of Hydrocarbons	Organic Chemistry: Functional Groups	Organic Chemistry: Reaction Mechanisms
Introduction to Polymers	Introduction to Biochemistry	SEARCH