About the GRE Chemistry Subject Test p. 1 About the GRE Chemistry Subject Test GRE Chemistry Topics Test Dates Testing Fee Test Format Testing Time

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1 About the GRE Chemistry Subject Test p. 1 About the GRE Chemistry Subject Test GRE Chemistry Topics Test Dates Testing Fee Test Format Testing Time Scoring To Guess or Not to Guess On the Day of the Test Sending Off Scores Canceling Scores Taking the Test More Than Once ETS Practice GRE Chemistry Subject Test Inorganic Chemistry p. 7 General Chemistry p. 8 Atomic Structure p. 8 The Fundamental Particles Atomic Symbols Binding Energy Balancing Nuclear Reactions Nuclear Decay Stability and Half-Life Size and Shape of the Nucleus Electron Configuration Principle Quantum Number Secondary Quantum Number Magnetic Quantum Number Spin Quantum Number Filling Orbitals Periodic Trends p. 16 Atomic Size Ionization Energy Electron Affinity Electronegativity Acidity-Basicity Bonding p. 24 Oxidation States The Octet Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) Theory Covalent Bonding

2 Metallic Covalent Bonding Band Theory Physical and Chemical Consequences of Band Theory Coordinate Covalent Bonding Intermolecular Forces Crystal Lattices Calculating Unit Cell Volumes Coordination Number Lattice Energies Chemical Equilibrium p. 46 Dynamic Equilibrium Equilibrium Constants Le Chatelier's Principle Reaction Quotient Acid-Base Chemistry p. 49 The Autoionization of H[subscript 2]O Dissociation Constant for Water Definitions of Acids and Bases Buffers Acid-Base Titrations Chemical Properties of the Elements p. 63 Group Chemistries Chemistry of the Transition Elements Lanthanides and Actinides Metal Coordination Complexes p. 74 Molecular Point Groups Crystal Fields Consequences of e[subscript g]/t[subscript 2g] Splitting The 18 Electron Rule Special Topics p. 80 Organometallic Chemistry Environmental Chemistry Catalysis Applied Solid-State Chemistry Bioinorganic Chemistry Practice Problems p. 88 Answers to Practice Problems p. 98 Organic Chemistry p. 103 Organic Chemistry p. 104 IUPAC Nomenclature p. 104 Saturated Hydrocarbons

3 Unsaturated Hydrocarbons Aromatic Hydrocarbons Isomers p. 111 Constitutional Isomers Conformational Isomers Stereoisomers Meso and Optical Activity Reaction Mechanisms p. 119 Substitution Nucleophilic Addition Electrophilic Addition Elimination The Diels-Alder Reaction and Cycloadditions Functional Groups p. 130 Alkanes Alkenes Alkynes Dienes Alkyl Halides Use of Grignard Reagents Alcohols Thiols Ethers Epoxides Sulfides Aromatic Compounds Aromaticity Reactions of Benzene and Its Derivatives Aldehydes Ketones Carboxylic Acids Amines Reactive Intermediates p. 174 Carbocations Carbanions Free Radicals Carbenes Benzynes Enols Organometallics Organometallic Compounds

4 Grignard Reagents Organolithium Reagents Other Organometallic Reagents Special Topics p. 197 Carbohydrates Nucleic Acids Amino Acids Lipids Practice Problems p. 211 Answers to Practice Problems p. 221 Physical Chemistry p. 225 Thermodynamics p. 226 Some Definitions Adiabatic Processes The First Law of Thermodynamics The Second Law of Thermodynamics The Third Law of Thermodynamics Ideal Gases and Solutions Thermochemistry Gibbs and Helmholtz Energies Chemical Potential Phase Equilibria Colligative Properties Statistical Thermodynamics Solution Dynamics p. 245 Kinetics p. 247 Chemical Dynamics Experimental and Theoretical Chemical Kinetics Photochemistry Quantum Mechanics p. 262 Quantum Chemistry and Its Application to Spectroscopy Classical Experiments Principles of Quantum Mechanics Molecular Orbital Theory Molecular Spectroscopy Practice Problems p. 274 Answers to Practice Problems p. 281 Analytical Chemistry p. 285 Heterogeneous Solutions p. 286 Gravimetric Analysis Solubility

5 Precipitation Titrations Chemical Separations Complexometry Instrumental Methods p. 294 Electrochemical Methods Spectroscopic Methods Chromatography Thermal Methods Calibration of Instruments Environmental Applications Spectrometric Methods Electrochemical Sensors Chemical Methods Radiochemical Methods Applications p. 314 Study of Chemical Pathways Radioimmunoassay Reference: Statistics and Standards p. 315 Statistics Used in Chemistry Solutions and Standardization Practice Problems p. 326 Answers to Practice Problems p. 327 GRE Chemistry Practice Test p. 329 GRE Chemistry Practice Test Answers and Explanations p. 367 Table of Contents provided by Blackwell's Book Services and R.R. Bowker. Used with permission.