In this edition, Leo Michels continues to offer a review of math concepts and basic chemical principles with
an emphasis on the mathematical and conceptual skills needed for preparatory and general chemistry. The book is
divided into frames, each of which contains questions and problems with answers that appear on the same page, allowing
students to grasp each new idea before proceeding to more difficult material. The book also includes self-evaluation
tests, which appear at the end of each unit with the answers appearing in the back of the book.
Michels introduces the SI units in the measurement unit, and current abbreviations for measurement units have
been used throughout.
New material is included on using the calculator.
The conversion factor method of problem solving has been expanded.
More problems have been added to the unit on balancing equations.
Table of Contents
Whole Numbers and Decimals.
Signed Numbers.
Powers of Ten and Logarithms.
Measurement Concepts and Dimensional Analysis.
The Metric System, Density, and Specific Gravity.
The Division and Properties of Matter.
Atomic Structure.
Chemical Bonding and Formula Writing.
Naming Compounds.
Balancing Chemical Equations.
Weight Relations in Chemistry.
Chemical Equations and Stoichiometry.
The Concentration of Solutions.
The Gas Laws.
Test Answers.
Periodic Table of the Elements.
Glossary.
Measurement Tables.