This updated editon explains recent advances in environmental studies and in the molecular basis of life. Suitable for students interested in the health care field as well as those who want to know how nature and human life work at the molecular level, the book begins by providing readers with a solid background in formulas, structures, equations, solutions and equilibria. A number of topics are introduced early, such as molarity, and are discussed in more detail in later chapters. Each chapter contains a summary as well as review exercises.

This Laboratory Manual is designed to accompany the texts, Fundamentals of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, 2nd Edition and Elements of General and Biological Chemistry, 6th Edition by John R. Holum. It is also appropriate for any one- year course treating a survey of chemistry at this level, and for one-term courses covering the whole spectrum of any part of it. The experiments have been used by students and have been frequently revised following student polls regarding clarity and interest and suggestions from instructors. The questions on the Report and Observation Sheets have again been adjusted in the light of student comments and more room for answers has been provided on many Report Sheets.