TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR CHAPTER 1
Introduction
A Basic Principle – Coulomb's Law
The Atom Construction Kit – Electrons and Nuclei
The Hydrogen Atom
Monoelectronic (Hydrogen-like) Ions
Polyelectronic Atoms and Ions
Atomic Excited States
Ionization Energies and Electron Affinities
TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR CHAPTER 2
Putting Atoms Together – Introducing Chemical Bonding
Graphing Attraction and Repulsion
Combining H
+
, H, and He
Combining H with B–Ne
Combining H with Li
Combining H with Be
B and C Revisited
Multiple Bonding in N
2
Summing Up
TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR CHAPTER 3
Building Molecules Atom-by-Atom
H
n
O Compounds
H
n
O
+
and H
n
O
–
Compounds
H
n
S Compounds
BeH
n
Compounds
CH
n
Compounds
More C Compounds
H
n
O
2
Compounds
HNO
n
Compounds
SF
n
Compounds
... and Beyond
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