Olmsted/Burk Chemistry, Second Canadian Edition is an introductory general chemistry text designed specifically with Canadian instructors and students in mind. Canadian content in the form of SI units, IUPAC standards and research content more accurately reflects the discipline of Canadian chemistry, distinguishing this text from current text offerings which are primarily American.


Chapter 1 Fundamental Concepts of Chemistry
Chapter 2 The Behaviour of Gases
Chapter 3 Energy and Its Conservation
Chapter 4 Atoms and Light
Chapter 5 Atomic Energies and Periodicity
Chapter 6 Fundamentals of Chemical Bonding
Chapter 7 Theories of Chemical Bonding
Chapter 8 Effects of Intermolecular Forces
Chapter 9 Properties of Solutions
Chapter 10 Organic Chemistry—Structure
Chapter 11 Organic Chemistry—Reactions
Chapter 12 Spontaneity of Chemical Processes
Chapter 13 Kinetics: Mechanisms and Rates of Reactions
Chapter 14 Principles of Chemical Equilibrium
Chapter 15 Aqueous Acid-Base Equilibria
Chapter 16 Applications of Aqueous Equilibria
Chapter 17 Electron Transfer Reactions
Chapter 18 Macromolecules
Chapter 19 The Transition Metals
Chapter 20 The Main Group Elements
Chapter 21 Nuclear Chemistry and Radiochemistry
Appendix A Scientific Notation
Appendix B Quantitative Observations
Appendix C Ionization Energies and Electron Affinities of the First 36 Elements
Appendix D Standard Thermodynamic Functions
Appendix E Equilibrium Constants
Appendix F Standard Reduction Potentials, E°
Appendix G Common Polyatomic Ions