Fundamentals of chemistry

This book is mainly about Physical Chemistry and explains the basic concepts of gases, liquids and solids, the relation of properties to structure, the chemical changes, the trends and patterns in the Periodic Table. Strong emphasis will be placed on chemical energy changes to finally provide an introduction to solutions and pH. The fundamental properties of matter underlie all of Science and Engineering subjects, and will be needed, even if the student is not going to study more Chemistry. General principles, methods of calculation and scientific thinking skills will be useful to all Science & Engineering subjects.