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TWELFTH EDITION

CHEMISTRY

THE CENTRAL SCIENCE

TWELFTH EDITION

THE CENTRAL SCIENCE

THEODORE L. BROWN

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

H. EUGENE LEMAY, JR.

University of Nevada, Reno

BRUCE E. BURSTEN

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

CATHERINE J. MURPHY

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

PATRICK M. WOODWARD

The Ohio State University

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Chemistry: the central science / Theodore L. Brown [et al.]12th ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-321-69672-4 (alk. paper)
1. ChemistryTextbooks. I. Brown, Theodore L. (Theodore Lawrence), 1928

QD31.3.C43145 2012
540dc22
2010043754

Printed in the United States of America
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