MCAT General Chemistry Review 2023-2024: Online + Book
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Table of Contents
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The Kaplan MCAT Review Team
Getting Started Checklist
Preface
About Scientific American
About the MCAT
How This Book Was Created
Using This Book
Studying for the MCAT
Chapter 1:Atomic Structure
1.1Subatomic Particles
1.2Atomic Mass vs. Atomic Weight
High-Yield 1.3Rutherford, Planck, and Bohr
1.4Quantum Mechanical Model of Atoms
Chapter 2:The Periodic Table
2.1The Periodic Table
2.2Types of Elements
High-Yield 2.3Periodic Properties of the Elements
2.4The Chemistry of Groups
Chapter 3:Bonding and Chemical Interactions
3.1Bonding
3.2Ionic Bonds
High-Yield 3.3Covalent Bonds
3.4Intermolecular Forces
Chapter 4:Compounds and Stoichiometry
4.1Molecules and Moles
4.2Representation of Compounds
4.3Types of Chemical Reactions
High-Yield 4.4Balancing Chemical Equations
4.5Applications of Stoichiometry
4.6Ions
Chapter 5:Chemical Kinetics
High-Yield 5.1Chemical Kinetics
5.2Reaction Rates
Chapter 6:Equilibrium
6.1Equilibrium
6.2Le Châtelier’s Principle
6.3Kinetic and Thermodynamic Control
Chapter 7:Thermochemistry
7.1Systems and Processes
7.2States and State Functions
7.3Heat
7.4Enthalpy
7.5Entropy
7.6Gibbs Free Energy
Chapter 8:The Gas Phase
8.1The Gas Phase
High-Yield 8.2Ideal Gases
8.3Kinetic Molecular Theory
8.4Real Gases
Chapter 9:Solutions
High-Yield 9.1Nature of Solutions
High-Yield 9.2Concentration
High-Yield 9.3Solution Equilibria
9.4Colligative Properties
Chapter 10:Acids and Bases
10.1Definitions
High-Yield 10.2Properties
10.3Polyvalence and Normality
High-Yield 10.4Titration and Buffers
Chapter 11:Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
11.1Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
11.2Net Ionic Equations
Chapter 12:Electrochemistry
High-Yield 12.1Electrochemical Cells
12.2Cell Potentials
12.3Electromotive Force and Thermodynamics
Glossary
Index
Art Credits
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