Chem1 (Lower) - Chemistry LibreTexts
This project began in the late 1980's as a means to supplement (or in some cases to largely replace ) the conventional textbook treatments of various topics in courses in General Chemistry and …
Overview
Added
March 17, 2026
Subject & domain
chemistry · chemical-equilibrium
Grade range
Grade 9 (Freshman)–Grade 12 (Senior)
Page kind
Article
Introduction
Chem1 (Lower) Overview
- Project Origin: Initiated in the late 1980s.
- Primary Objective: To supplement or replace conventional General Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry textbooks.
- Pedagogical Goal: To provide deeper, alternative explanations to the "shallow" standardized treatments found in many commercial textbooks.
- Core Curriculum Sections:
- Foundations: Fundamentals of Science and Chemistry, Essential Background, Measuring Matter, The Basics of Chemistry.
- Atomic & Molecular Structure: Atoms and the Periodic Table, Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure.
- States of Matter: Properties of Gases, Solids and Liquids, Solutions.
- Chemical Reactions & Equilibrium: Fundamentals of Acids and Bases, Chemical Equilibrium, Solubility Equilibria, Acid-Base Equilibria.
- Energy & Kinetics: Thermochemistry, Thermodynamics of Chemical Equilibria, Electrochemistry, Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics.
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