Chemistry for Engineering Students - Hardcover

Brown, Lawrence; Holme, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1285199022 ISBN 13: 9781285199023

Publisher: Brooks Cole, 2014

Synopsis

Enhanced with a remarkable number of new problems and applications, the Third Edition of CHEMISTRY FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS provides a concise, thorough, and relevant introduction to chemistry that prepares learners for further study in any engineering field. Updated with even more questions and applications specifically geared toward engineering, the book emphasizes the connection between molecular properties and observable physical properties and the connections between chemistry and other subjects such as mathematics and physics. This new edition is now fully supported by OWL, the most widely-used online learning system for chemistry.

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Review

1. Introduction to Chemistry. 2. Atoms and Molecules. 3. Molecules, Moles, & Chemical Equations. 4. Stoichiometry. 5. Gases. 6. The Periodic Table and Atomic Structure. 7. Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure. 8. Molecules and Materials. 9. Energy and Chemistry. 10. Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics. 11. Chemical Kinetics. 12. Chemical Equilibrium. 13. Electrochemistry. 14. Nuclear Chemistry (Available through Custom Publishing). Appendices.

About the Author

Tom Holme (Ph.D, Rice University) is a chemistry professor at Iowa State University and Director of the ACS Examinations Institute. He is active in both computational chemistry and chemical education research and has been involved with the general chemistry for engineers course at both Iowa State and the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. Some of his recent publications include: Designing Chemistry Practice Exams for Enhanced Benefits: An Instrument for Comparing Performance and Mental Effort Measures," (Karen Knaus, Kristen Murphy and Thomas Holme), Journal of Chemical Education, 2009, in press; "Nanoscience Items for Standardized Exams in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum" (Thomas Holme), in Nanoscale Science and Engineering Education: Issues, Trends and Future Directions, ed., A.E. Sweeny & S. Seal, American Scientific Publishers, Stevenson Ranch, CA, 2008; and "Assessing Problem-solving Strategies in Chemistry Using the IMMEX System" in Proceedings of the National STEM Assessment Conference, eds. D. Deeds & B. Callen, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, 2008."

Lawrence S. Brown (Ph.D, Princeton University) is a Senior Lecturer and coordinator for the general chemistry for engineers course at Texas A&M University. He received his B.S. in 1981 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his M. A. in 1983 from Princeton University. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow from 1986-88 at the University of Chicago. His research activities include active learning and use of technology in education and integration of chemistry with other subjects in the engineering curriculum. His current efforts are in (i) continued development of the CHEM 107 curriculum, (ii) improving uses of technology in chemical education, and (iii) incorporation of active learning strategies into large classroom settings. These efforts are brought together with the Foundation Coalition, an NSF-supported effort to implement a new model for the education of engineering students. Larry also monitors the CHEM 107 course for Texas A&M's campus in Qatar in the Middle East and has traveled there numerous times.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brooks Cole
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1285199022
• ISBN 13: 9781285199023
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 624