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Chemistry: Structure and Properties, 3rd edition

Published by Pearson (February 17, 2023) © 2024

  • Nivaldo J. Tro Santa Barbara City College

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For courses in 2-semester general chemistry.

A focused atoms-first approach to learning chemistry

With Chemistry: Structure and Properties, author Nivaldo Tro tells the story of chemistry with an atoms-first approach, emphasizing that matter is composed of particles and the structure of those particles determines the properties of matter. This relationship is the thread that weaves all of chemistry together and is applied to all aspects of the text.

The 3rd Edition presents interactive digital features that guide students through key concepts and the problem-solving process. Updates reflect current research on the COVID-19 vaccine and an extensive diversity, equity and inclusion review. 

Hallmark features of this title

  • Multipart molecular images depicted through Macroscopic, Microscopic and Symbolic perspectives help students better visualize and understand chemistry.
  • Conceptual Connections and Self-Assessment Quizzes give students practice studying as they extinguish misconceptions and deepen understanding of key topics.
  • 4-step problem-solving approach (Sort, Strategize, Solve and Check) in worked examples connects concepts to the problem and solution by developing a conceptual plan for each problem.
  • 2 & 3 column worked examples break down problem-solving steps: the 1st column outlines the problem-solving procedure and reasoning behind each step; the 2nd and 3rd columns show how to implement the steps with examples.

New and updated features of this title

  • NEW & UPDATED: 176 New End-of-Chapter questions have been added throughout the book, and 378 have been revised. Many new End-of-Chapter questions involve the interpretation of graphs and data.
  • UPDATED: All data and research are updated to reflect the most recent research and measurements throughout the text, including end-of-chapter problems.
  • Predict This! asks students to predict the outcome of the topic they are about to read. Predict Follow-up confirms whether the student predicted correctly or incorrectly and why.
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion review ensures the content reflects the diversity, depth, and breadth of all learners and is inclusive of their lived experiences.

Features of Pearson+ eTextbook for the 3rd Edition

  • NEW: 50 Key Concept Interactives in the Pearson+ eTextbook break down key topics and guide students through an interactive experience with opportunities for practice. Questions provide wrong-answer feedback.
  • NEW: 35 Key Concept Videos combine text art with animations for a dynamic viewing and learning experience with narration and brief live-action clips of Tro explaining key concepts.
  • NEW: 48 Interactive Worked Examples are digital versions of select worked examples from the text that instruct students how to break down problems using the “Sort, Strategize, Solve, and Check” technique.
  • Predict This! asks students to predict the outcome of the topic they are about to read. Predict Follow-up confirms whether the student predicted correctly or incorrectly and why.
  • 64 For Practice problems provide wrong-answer feedback with links that direct students to correlating content in the Pearson+ eTextbook.
  • Interactive Conceptual Connections develop conceptual understanding instead of memorizing mathematical operations, address students' misconceptions and feature answer-specific feedback written by the author.

Features of Mastering Chemistry for the 3rd Edition

  • NEW: 50 Key Concept Interactives break down key topics and guide students through a series of interactive screens and questions that must be answered to progress
  • NEW: Interactive digital features move students through key concepts and the problem-solving process and include: 35 Key Concept Videos, 48 Interactive Worked Examples, 176 new End-of-chapter questions and 378 revised End-of-chapter questions.
  • NEW: Freehand Grader (beta) provides an effective way to quickly grade any type of problem and handwritten solution. Authentically assess students and provide meaningful feedback using the grade-as-you go rubric.
  • NEW: The Chemistry Diagnostic assesses students' levels of understanding in the context of math relevant to the course and creates personalized plans to remediate math skills needed in the chemistry sequence.
  • NEW: Online Problem Sets are designed to be less searchable and are web-based, online-only problems. Algorithmically randomized, problems provide answer-specific feedback and will be continually updated and expanded
  • NEW: Hint structure in problems provides just-in-time resources at the exact moment students need help. They view a worked example or video or try a similar problem. Hints keep them in the platform, saving time and improving problem-solving skills.

E Essentials: Units, Measurement, and Problem Solving

  1. Atoms
  2. The Quantum-Mechanical Model of the Atom
  3. Periodic Properties of the Elements
  4. Molecules and Compounds
  5. Chemical Bonding I: Drawing Lewis Structures and Determining Molecular Shapes
  6. Chemical Bonding II: Valence Bond Theory and Molecular Orbital Theory
  7. Chemical Reactions and Chemical Quantities
  8. Introduction to Solutions and Aqueous Reactions
  9. Thermochemistry
  10. Gases
  11. Liquids, Solids, and Intermolecular Forces
  12. Crystalline Solids and Modern Materials
  13. Solutions
  14. Chemical Kinetics
  15. Chemical Equilibrium
  16. Acids and Bases
  17. Aqueous Ionic Equilibrium
  18. Free Energy and Thermodynamics
  19. Electrochemistry
  20. Radioactivity and Nuclear Chemistry
  21. Organic Chemistry
  22. Transition Metals and Coordination Compounds

APPENDICES

  1. Common Mathematical Operations in Chemistry
  2. Useful Data
  3. Answers to Selected End-of-Chapter Problems
  4. Answers to In-Chapter Practice Problems

About our authors

Nivaldo Tro has been teaching college chemistry since 1990 and is currently teaching at Santa Barbara City College. He received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Stanford University for work on developing and using optical techniques to study the adsorption and desorption of molecules to and from surfaces in ultrahigh vacuum. He then went on to the University of California at Berkeley, where he did postdoctoral research on ultrafast reaction dynamics in solution. Professor Tro has been awarded grants from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, from the Research Corporation, and from the National Science Foundation to study the dynamics of various processes occurring in thin adlayer films adsorbed on dielectric surfaces. Professor Tro lives in Santa Barbara with his wife, Ann, and their four children, Michael, Ali, Kyle, and Kaden. In his leisure time, Professor Tro enjoys mountain biking, surfing, and being outdoors with his family.

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