Welcome to the third edition of Basic Chemistry. This text was written to prepare students with little or no chemistry experience for future chemistry courses or careers in a health-related profession, such as nursing, dietetics, respiratory therapy, environmental or agricultural science, or as laboratory technicians. Our main objective in writing this text is to make the study of chemistry an engaging and positive experience for you by relating the structure and behavior of matter to real-life applications. This new edition introduces rich problem-solving strategies, including new concept checks, more problem-solving guides, conceptual, challenge, and combined problem sets. It is our goal to help you become a critical thinker by understanding scientific concepts that will form a basis for making important decisions about issues concerning health and the environment. Thus, we have utilized materials that
