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CHEM 100

A collection of resources to support CHEM 100 research assignments.

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Featured Ebooks

Chemistry in the Marketplace

Chemicals are everywhere. This book provides fresh explanations, fascinating facts, and funny anecdotes about the serious science in the products we buy and the resources we use.

From Stars to Stalagmites

Organized in such a way as to illustrate and develop underlying principles and approaches, this book will appeal to anyone interested in chemistry, as well as its history and key personalities.

Principles of Chemistry

Provides students and researchers with an easy-to-understand introduction to the fundamentals of chemistry, from elements and molecules to chemical reactions and properties of matter.

What Is Chemistry?

Encourages us to look at chemistry anew, through a chemist's eyes, to understand its central concepts and to see how it contributes not only towards our material comfort, but also to human culture.

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