1 Atoms 1.1 A Particulate View of the World: Structure Determines Properties 1.2 Classifying Matter: A Particulate View 1.3 The Scientific Approach to Knowledge 1.4 Early Ideas about the Building Blocks of Matter 1.5 Modern Atomic Theory and the Laws That Led to It 1.6 The Discovery of the Electron 1.7 The Structure of the Atom 1.8 Subatomic Particles: Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons 1.9 Atomic Mass: The Average Mass of an Element's Atoms 1.10 The Origins of Atoms and Elements 2 Measurement, Problem Solving, and the Mole Concept 2.1 The Metric Mix-up: A $125 Million Unit Error 2.2 The Reliability of a Measurement 2.3 Density 2.4 Energy and Its Units 2.5 Converting between Units 2.6 Problem-Solving Strategies 2.7 Solving Problems Involving Equations 2.8 Atoms and the Mole: How Many Particles? 3 The Quantum-Mechanical Model of the Atom 3.1 Schroedinger's Cat 3.2 The Nature of Light 3.3 Atomic Spectroscopy and the Bohr Model 3.4 The Wave Nature of Matter: The de Broglie Wavelength, the Uncertainty Principle, and Indeterminacy 3.5 Quantum Mechanics and the Atom 3.6 The Shapes of Atomic Orbitals 4 Periodic Properties of the Elements 4.1 Aluminum: Low-Density Atoms Result in Low-Density Metal 4.2 Finding Patterns: The Periodic Law and the Periodic Table 4.3 Electron Configurations: How Electrons Occupy Orbitals 4.4 Electron Configurations, Valence Electrons, and the Periodic Table 4.5 How the Electron Configuration of an Element Relates to Its Properties 4.6 Periodic Trends in the Size of Atoms and Effective Nuclear Charge 4.7 Ions: Electron Configurations, Magnetic Properties, Ionic Radii, and Ionization Energy 4.8 Electron Affinities and Metallic Character 5 Molecules and Compounds 5.1 Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Water 5.2 Types of Chemical Bonds 5.3 Representing Compounds: Chemical Formulas and Molecular Models 5.4 The Lewis Model: Representing Valence Electrons with Dots 5.5 Ionic Bonding: The Lewis Model and Lattice Energies 5.6 Ionic Compounds: Formulas and Names 5.7 Covalent Bonding: Simple Lewis Structures 5.8 Molecular Compounds: Formulas and Names 5.9 Formula Mass and the Mole Concept for Compounds 5.10 Composition of Compounds 5.11 Determining a Chemical Formula from Experimental Data 5.12 Organic Compounds 6 Chemical Bonding I: Drawing Lewis Structures and Determining Molecular Shapes 6.1 Morphine: A Molecular Imposter 6.2 Electronegativity and Bond Polarity 6.3 Writing Lewis Structures for Molecular Compounds and Polyatomic Ions 6.4 Resonance and Formal Charge 6.5 Exceptions to the Octet Rule: Odd-Electron Species, Incomplete Octets, and Expanded Octets 6.6 Bond Energies and Bond Lengths 6.7 VSEPR Theory: The Five Basic Shapes 6.8 VSEPR Theory: The Effect of Lone