Periodic Table Preface How to Use this Book Acknowledgements Numbers, Units and Measurements Elements, Compounds and Reactions Inside the Atom Bonding Between Atoms More about Bonding Reactions of Ions in Solution Oxidation and Reduction The Mole Calculating Concentrations Gases, Liquids and Solids Solutions and Solubility Chemical Families Energy Changes in Chemical Reactions Speed of Chemical Reactions Chemical Equilibrium Gibbs Energy Changes Acid-Base Equilibria Organic Chemistry: Hydrocarbons Common Classes of Organic Compounds Organic Mechanisms Separating Mixtures Spectroscopy SPECIAL TOPICS Nuclear and Radiochemistry Environmental Chemistry Forensic Chemistry Chemistry Saving Lives Fire and Flame Answers to Exercises and Revision Questions Glossary Index Valencies of Common Ions.