Chapter 1 Chemical Tools

1.1 Scientific Method
1.2 Measurement

Chapter 2 Chemistry and Elements

2.1 Creation of the Universe
2.2 Structure of atoms
2.3 The World of Elementary Particles
2.4 Forces in nature
2.5 Evolution of stars
2.6 The Establishment of Modern Chemistry

Chapter 3: Periodic Law and Chemical Bonding

3.1 The Birth of the Periodic Table
3.2 Periodicity of elements
3.3 Chemical bonding

Chapter 4 Thermochemistry and Thermodynamics

4.1 What is energy?
4.2 Temperature
4.3 Laws of Thermodynamics
4.4 Gibbs free energy
4.5 Exothermic and endothermic reactions
4.6 Hess's law

Chapter 5 Chemical Reaction Kinetics

5.1 Chemical reaction rates
5.2 Integral Rate Law

Chapter 6 Chemical Equilibrium

6.1 Chemical equilibrium

Chapter 7 Compounds and Chemical Reactions

7.1 Classification of substances
7.2 Naming of compounds
7.3 Chemical reaction equation
7.4 Stoichiometry

Chapter 8 Gas

8.1 Composition of the atmosphere
8.2 Properties of gases
8.3 Air pollutants
8.4 Smog

Chapter 9: The Ozone Layer

9.1 Ozone
9.2 Duality of Light
9.3 UV protection
9.4 Ozone layer destruction
9.5 Countermeasures against ozone layer destruction and alternative materials

Chapter 10 Global Warming

10.1 Molecular Model
10.2 Molecular Vibration and the Greenhouse Effect
10.3 Greenhouse gases
10.4 Impact of the greenhouse effect and countermeasures

Chapter 11 Water

11.1 Properties of water
11.2 Forces between molecules
11.3 Water distribution
11.4 Water and Life

Chapter 12 Properties of Solutions

12.1 Solution
12.2 Generality

Chapter 13 Acids and Bases

13.1 Properties of acids and bases
13.2 Acid and Base Concepts
13.3 Strength of acids and bases
13.4 Causes and Damage of Acid Rain
13.5 Countermeasures against acid rain

Chapter 14 Aqueous Solution Equilibrium

14.1 Neutralization reaction
14.2 Common ion effect
14.3 Buffer solution

Chapter 15 Energy

15.1 Nuclear Energy

Chapter 16 Electrochemistry

16.1 Oxidation-reduction reactions
16.2 Electrochemistry
16.3 Batteries and Lead-Acid Batteries
16.4 Hydrogen
16.5 Hydrogen Fuel Cell
16.6 Photovoltaic cells

Chapter 17 Organic Chemistry

17.1 Carbon compounds
17.2 Aromatic hydrocarbons
17.3 Hydrocarbon derivatives
17.4 Chiral and Achiral
17.5 Polymer
17.6 Medicines

Chapter 18 Biochemistry

18.1 DNA, the genetic material
18.2 Flow of genetic information
18.3 Protein
18.4 DNA recombination
18.5 Gene introduction
18.6 Polymerase chain reaction
18.7 Genome Library
18.8 Gene Chip
18.9 Nuclear Transplantation Technology
18.10 Human Genome Project

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Recently, with the introduction of autonomous majors at many universities and students who did not study chemistry in high school now taking general chemistry courses, both students and instructors are complaining about the difficulties.
Accordingly, the author, who has been teaching chemistry at a university for a long time, felt a strong need for a chemistry book that could briefly introduce the overall content of general chemistry, and thus wrote 『Basic General Chemistry』.
We hope that this will be of great help in imparting basic chemistry knowledge to students who find chemistry difficult.

This book deals with the birth of chemistry, how various elements were created, and how these elements combine to form various compounds.
It also explains chemical theory by relating it to phenomena that can be easily observed in everyday life.
We also introduce information related to chemical products widely used in daily life.
In each chapter, problems related to the main content are placed, and 'Reference' and 'Break' sections are added to stimulate students' interest and make it easier to understand.
The nomenclature of compounds in this book is based on the organic compound nomenclature and inorganic compound nomenclature published by the Korean Chemical Society.


While it is impossible to cover all aspects of chemistry in one book, it would be a great reward if readers could broaden their understanding of chemistry and solidify their fundamental knowledge through this book.
On the one hand, because I tried to write this book in an easy and concise manner, there may be instances where I failed to properly convey the meaning.
We look forward to your continued support. If there are any revisions after publication, please refer to the Free Academy website (www.freeaca.com) for any updates.