Introductory/Preparatory Chemistry Textbook
This Introductory Chemistry textbook was developed by the Chemistry faculty at Montgomery College, and provided by Professor Patricia Takahara. The book is meant for students with very little or no background in chemistry. Concepts here are presented at a very basic level in order to provide the foundation for college-level general chemistry. This book is used in Introductory Chemistry, a non-credit, preparatory course at Montgomery College (Maryland).
The resource has nine chapters, and contains detailed conceptual explanations, full-color graphics, and a wealth of examples and practice/homework problems of various types. I
The material was developed based on the following Chemistry OERs:
- OpenStax Chemistry, CC BY 4.0 Download for free athttps://openstax.org/details/books/chemistry
- LibreTexts Chemistry, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, Available at https://chem.libretexts.org/
- Principles of General Chemistry v. 1.0 , CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, Available at http://jsmith.cis.byuh.edu/books/principles-of-general-chemistry-v1.0/index.html
- Introductory Chemistry, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0Available at https://catalog.flatworldknowledge.com/bookhub/reader/2273#ball-chab
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