Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change

Key differences between 7th and 6th editions

• Time lapse between current and previous publications: 3 years (2014 vs 2011).
• Silberberg's Chemistry textbook was first published in 1996.
• Chapter 1: New sample problem on converting units raised to a power
• Chapter 2:
• IUPAC’s new recommendations on atomic mass ranges.
• The periodic table has been updated with the latest atomic masses
• New sample problem on identifying an element from its Z value.
• Chapter 4:
• Includes material on molarity and solution stoichiometry previously covered in Chapter 3.
• 2 new sample problems demonstrate how to determine the amount of ions in solution and the amounts of reactants and products in a precipitation reaction.
• Balancing redox reactions by the oxidation-number method has been deleted
• Chapter 5: 2 new sample problems that apply various combinations of the individual gas laws
• Chapter 6: New sample problem on calculating Pressure-Volume work.
• Chapter 8: New table on changes in Z eff within the sublevels of an atom.
• Chapter 9: New sample problem on predicting relative lattice energy.
• Chapter 12: 2 new sample problems -- use of phase diagrams to predict phase changes; determining the number of particles in a unit cell and the coordination number.
• Chapter 13: New sample problem on calculating an aqueous ionic heat of solution.
• Chapter 14: Provides updated atomic masses and data on newly synthesized elements.
• Chapter 15: New section on Restricted Rotation and Geometric (Cis-Trans) Isomerism
• Chapter 16: 2 new sample problems -- rate laws and the molecularity of elementary steps; intermediates and the correlation of rate laws and mechanism.
• Chapter 17: New sample problem on writing a reaction quotient from the balanced equation.
• Chapter 18: 2 new sample problems -- calculating hydronium and hydroxide ion concentrations in strong acids and bases; finding the percent dissociation of a weak acid.
• Chapter 19: New figure that summarizes the effects of added acid or base to buffer-component concentration and pH.
• Chapter 20: New sample problem on the relationship between DG8 and K.
• Chapter 21: New sample problem on using E8 half-cell to find E8 cell
• Chapter 23: New sample problem on finding the coordination number and ion charge in a coordination compound.
• Chapter 24:
• New section Comparing Chemical and Nuclear Change
• New sample problem on calculating the specific activity and decay constant of a radionuclide.