Chemistry 101

Chemicals in flasks

Chemistry 101

An introduction

Intention

This book is intended to serve as a college level text in a first semester Chemistry course. It is being created to accompany a Wikiversity course of the same title, soon to be developed.

Table of Contents

1. Elements and Atoms: The Basics of Chemistry
   1. Writing Convention/How to read this book
   2. The Importance of Chemistry
   3. The Scientific Method: Observing Nature
   4. How to Classify Materials by Properties
   5. How to Describe Materials by Properties
   6. Atoms of an Element
   7. Introducing Sub-atomic Particles
   8. Purpose of The Periodic Table