Hands-On Chemistry

Welcome to "Hands-On Chemistry, the interactive corner of your Conceptual Chemistry textbook. This feature provides you the opportunity to apply chemistry concepts outside a formal laboratory setting. Each activity is guaranteed to be meaningful, interesting, and, at times, surprising. 

At the end of each chapter, you will find follow-up discussions, called Insights, for each Hands-On Chemistry activity. Ideally, you should look over the Insights only after you have attempted the activity. The job of the Insights is to correct any misconceptions you may... 

Each chapter in this book concludes with a list of Key Terms, Chapter Highlight review questions, numerous higher-level Concept Building questions, Hands-On Chemistry Insights, and, in some chapters, Supporting Calculations. 

The Hands-On Chemistry Insights are follow-up discussions designed to make sure you are getting the most out of performing the Hands-On Chemistry activities found in every chapter. These Insights are also meant to clear up any misconceptions that may develop. Ideally, you should read these follow-ups only after having performed the activities. 

No fair peeking at the Hands-On Chemistry Insights at the end of this chapter until you have made an honest attempt to build these molecules. 

Carbon—carbon single bonds can rotate but carbon-carbon double bonds cannot rotate (see Hands-On Chemistry Twisting Jelly Beans ). How many different structures are shown here ... 

John Suchocki. Hands-On Chemistry pp. 79, 81 Benjamin Cummings Publishers, Pearson Ed. p. 90 Tom Pantages. In the Spotlight 3.21 European Communities, 1995—2006. 

Chapter Opener NASA/Photo Researchers, Inc. 17.5 John Suchocki 17.7 (left, middle, center) NASA 17-8 NOAA 17.10 (b, c) PPC Industries 17.13 Benjamin Cummings Publishers, Pearson Ed. 17.14 Astrid Hans-Frieder Michler/Photo Researchers, Inc. 17.15 Englehard Corporation 17.16 CORBIS 17.20 JPL 17.21 NASA 17.25 (a) Michael Sewell/Photo Researchers, Inc., (b) Cow/US Army Cold Regions Lab 17-28 (top) Tony Buxton/Photo Researchers, Inc., (bottom) B C Alexander/ Photo Researchers, Inc. Hands-On Chemistry p. 583 Benjamin Cummings Publishers, Pearson Ed. 

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