1） What's the matter? The Nature of the World Around Us 1
2） The Properties of Some Common Metals: Why NASA Needs Chemistry 11
3） Alchemy and the Origins of Modern Chemistry: All that Glitters Isn't Gold 21
4） Classification of Matter: Basic Separation Techniques 29
5） Measurement and Proper Use of Laboratory Glassware 39
6） Chemical Nomenclature, Part I: Naming Ionic Compounds 51
7） Understanding the Basics: The Mole and Counting Atoms 69
8） Limiting reactants: How Much BaSO4 Can We Make? 77
9） Electrolytes in Solution: Completing the Circuit 87
10） If You are Not Part of the Solution: Precipitation Reactions 97
11） An Introduction to Oxidation-Reduction Chemistry: The Breath Analyzer 105
12） Say “Cheese”: Cyanotype Photography as a Redox Reaction 115
13） A Titration for the Determination of Ions in Water: The Hard Truth 123
14） Spectrophotometric Analysis: Phosphates in Water 135
15） Discovering the Gas Laws 145
16） Gas Stoichiometry: The Automobile Airbag 155
17） Introduction to Thermochemistry: Using a Calorimeter 167
18） Calorimetry: Nutrition in a Nutshell 175
19） Hess's law: A Study of the Combustion of Magnesium 185
20） Chemical Nomenclature, Part Ⅱ: Naming Organic Compounds 193
21） Introduction to Organic Analysis: Infrared Spectroscopy 205
22） Colligative Properties: Analysis of Freezing Point Depression 223
23） Introduction to Kinetics: Factors That Affect the Rate of Reaction 233
24） Determining the Rate Law: A Kinetics Study of the Iodination of Acetone 247
25） Determining the Equilibrium Constant of a Complex 255
26） Le Chatelier's Principle: Stress Management 265
27） Chemistry of the Kitchen: Acids and Bases 273
28） The Properties of Buffers: Resisting Change in a Turbulent World 285
29） Electrochemistry: An Introduction to Voltaic Cells 295