Epstein Lawrence M. - Schaums Outline of College Chemistry

JEROME L. ROSENBERG did his graduate work at Columbia University in physical chemistry, receiving his MA in 1944 and his PhD in 1948. His research activities at several institutions resulted in many papers in photosynthesis, general photochemistry, and molecular electronic structure. Formerly Professor of Chemistry, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Vice Provost at the University of Pittsburgh, he is now Research Integrity Officer and Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences there. Dr. Rosenberg has been associated with the preparation of Schaums Outline of College Chemistry since the third edition, published in 1949.

LAWRENCE M. EPSTEIN started his career as a chemical engineer, then earned his MS in 1952 and PhD in 1955 from Polytechnic University in the field of physical chemistry. He did research in the fields of radiation chemistry and in Mssbauer effect spectroscopy at Westinghouse Research Laboratories, and then served as Associate Professor and supervisor of the General Chemistry program at the University of Pittsburgh until he retired in 1986.

PETER J. KRIEGER received his BSE (University of Florida) in 1964, his MEd (Florida Atlantic University) in 1969, and his EdD (Florida Atlantic University) in 1976. He began his teaching career in 1964 and has taught all levels from middle school to graduate school in areas including chemistry, biology, and math. He held the position of Department Chairperson for Chemistry and Physics at Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, until recently and is the Chairperson for the Chemistry Cluster, the organization of college-wide chemistry personnel. Dr. Krieger has been involved in a number of writing projects relating to chemistry for preprofessional students and for those students headed toward the allied health professions.

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This book is designed to help the student of college chemistry by summarizing the chemical principles of each topic and relating the solution of quantitative problems to those fundamentals. Although the book is not intended to replace a textbook, its solved problems, with complete and detailed solutions, do cover most of the subject matter of a first course in college chemistry. The student is referred to one of the many standard General Chemistry textbooks for such matters as full treatment of nomenclature, descriptive chemistry of the elements, and more extensive exposition and illustration of principles. Both the solved and the supplementary problems are arranged to allow a progression in difficulty within each topic.

Several important features have been introduced into the sixth edition, notably the kinetic theory of gases, a more formal treatment of thermochemistry, a modern treatment of atomic properties and chemical bonding, and a chapter on chemical kinetics.

In the seventh edition the early chapters were revised to conform more closely to the methods used in current textbooks to introduce calculational skills to the beginning student. Some changes in notation were made, and the usage of SI units was expanded. An attempt was made to increase the variety of stoichiometry problems, especially in the chapters on gases and solutions, while eliminating some of the very complex problems that arise in gaseous and aqueous equilibria. In the treatment of chemical bonding the subject of molecular orbitals was de-emphasized in favor of VSEPR theory. A new chapter on Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry was added, conforming to the trend in current texts.

In the eighth edition we carefully conformed to the language and style of the currently most-used textbooks, for example, using the term molar mass broadly, and eliminating molecular weight and the like. At least 15% of the problems in each chapter are new, and some old ones were dropped, so that the problems better reflect the practical situations of the laboratory, industry, and the environment. The use of SI units has been expanded further, but liter and atmosphere are retained where appropriate.