General Chemistry - Chemistry LibreTexts

General Chemistry Resources on LibreTexts

• Purpose: Provides a broad introduction to chemistry concepts suitable for high school and introductory university-level courses.
• Resource Format: The collection consists of textbooks and "textmaps" organized to align with various curricula and pedagogical approaches.
• Featured Textbooks and Maps:
  • OpenStax Series: Chemistry 1e, Chemistry 2e, Chemistry - Atoms First 1e & 2e.
  • Standard Textmaps: Brown et al. (The Central Science), Tro (A Molecular Approach / Structure and Properties), Petrucci et al. (General Chemistry), Silberberg (The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change), Zumdahl and Decoste (Chemistry), Averill (Principles, Patterns, and Applications), and Kotz et al. (Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity).
  • Specialized/Alternative Texts: ChemPRIME (Moore et al.), Chem1 (Lower), Concept Development Studies (Hutchinson), CLUE (Chemistry, Life, the Universe, and Everything), and The Video Textbook of General Chemistry (Farmer).
  • Other Resources: Structure & Reactivity (Schaller), General Chemistry - An Atoms First Approach (Halpern), Interactive Chemistry (Moore et al.), General Chemistry Supplement (Eames), and Chemistry Labs (Trufan and Bouhoutsos-Brown).