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Table of Contents

Fundamentals

• Significant Figures
• Factor Labeling
• The Atom
• Pure Substance
• Mixture
• Separation
• Physical vs. Chemical Changes
• The Periodic Table
• Molar Mass
• Isotopes
• Ionic vs. Molecular
• Octet Rule
• Naming Compounds
• Chemical Formulas
• Types of Reactions
• Stoichiometry
• Solutions
• Solubility Rules
• Net Ionic Equations
• States of Matter
• Electrolytes
• Redox

Atomic Structure

• Rutherford’s Model
• Bohr’s Model
• Properties of Waves
• Wave-Particle Duality
• Electromagnetic Radiation
• Photoelectric Effect
• Orbitals
• Quantum Numbers

Electron Configuration

• Basics
• Using the Periodic Table
• Orbital Diagram
• Principles
• Stability
• Photoelectron Spectroscopy
• Excited State

Periodic Trends

• Key Terms
• Atomic Radius
• Ionic Radius
• Ionization Energy
• Successive Ionization Energy
• Electronegativity
• Electron Affinity
• Cheat Sheet

Thermochemistry

• Energy
• Endothermic vs. Exothermic
• System vs. Surroundings
• Iso Processes
• Enthalpy
• Calorimetry
• Hess’ Law

Lewis Structure

• Formal Charge
• Drawing Lewis Dots
• Polarity
• Resonance
• Preferred Lewis Dot

Chemical Bonding

• Bond Information
• Bond Enthalpy
• Geometry
• Hybridization
• Expanded Octet

Gas Laws

• Barometer
• STP
• Absolute Zero
• Minor Gas Laws
• Speed
• Ideal Gas Law
• Kinetic Molecular Theory
• Real vs. Ideal Gasses
• Van der Waals Equation

Solids & Liquids

• Intra vs. Interparticle Attractions
• Interparticle Attractions
• Properties of Liquids
• Types of Solids
• Unit Cells
• Attraction Ranking
• Allotropes & Isomers
• Changes of State
• Phase Diagrams

Solutions

• Solution Terms
• The Solution Process
• Saturation
• Factors Affecting Solubility
• Colligative Properties
• Ideal vs. Non-Ideal Solution
• Beer’s Law

Chemical Kinetics

• Average Rate
• Differential Rate Law
• Integrated Rate Law
• Half Life
• Method of Initial Rates
• Determining Integrated Rates
• Activated Complex Theory
• Arrhenius Equations
• Mechanisms
• Equation Cheat Sheet

Chemical Equilibrium

• Dynamic Equilibrium
• Equilibrium Constant
• Reaction Quotient
• Heterogenous Equilibria
• Partial Pressure Equilibrium
• Rates of Forward vs. Reverse
• Le Chatelier’s Principle
• Kc and Temperature
• ICE Tables

Acids & Bases

• Definition of Acids & Bases
• H⁺ and H₃O⁺ ions
• Strong Acids & Bases
• Acid Strengths
• Bases Strengths
• Auto-Ionization of Water
• pH and pOH
• Dissociation Constant
• Polyprotic Acids
• Percent Dissociation
• Salt Hydrolysis
• ICE Problems
• Buffers
• Tittrations
• Indicators
• Ksp

Thermodynamics

• Reversible Process
• Entropy
• Spontaneous Processes
• First Law
• Second Law
• Third Law
• Gibbs Free Energy

Electrochemistry

• Redox Review
• Redox in Acid/Basic Environment
• Voltaic Cells
• Cell Potential
• Strengths of Agents
• Spontaneity
• Nonstandard Conditions
• Concentration Cells
• Electrolysis