Preface

Concepts of Chemistry is an adaptation crafted from open source content available at 2012books.lardbucket.org (further attribution withheld by request). This text is appropriate for a one-semester course on basic chemistry or as part of a physical science course.

This work is based on the first ten chapters of Introduction to Chemistry supplemented with content from Beginning Chemistry. Additionally, content was edited, replaced, or supplemented, as needed. Notation was added (or modified) in a few cases. The original HTML coding was extensively revised to be standards compliant and minimally dependent on scripting languages.

The authors of the original works are commended for providing a comprehensive body of high-quality material. Special thanks to them and to Andy Schmitz at lardbucket.org. Additional thanks to University of Maryland University College (UMUC) and Debra F. McLaughlin.

Bobby Bailey, January 2015