Princeton Review AP Chemistry Prep, 2023: 4 Practice Tests + Complete Content Review + Strategies & Techniques

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Overview

Make sure you’re studying with the most up-to-date prep materials! Look for the newest edition of this title, The Princeton Review AP Chemistry Prep, 25th Edition (ISBN: 9780593516775, on-sale August 2023).

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593450710
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	08/16/2022
Series:	College Test Preparation: AP
Pages:	432
Sales rank:	373,031
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.70(h) x 1.20(d)

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Table of Contents

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Part 1 Using This Book to Improve Your AP Score 1

Preview Activity: Your Knowledge, Your Expectations 2

Your Guide to Using This Book 2

How to Begin 3

Part II Practice Test 1 7

Practice Test 1 9

Practice Test 1: Diagnostic Answer Key and Explanations 35

Part III About the AP Chemistry Exam 49

The Structure of the AP Chemistry Exam 50

Overview of Content Topics 50

How AP Exams Are Used 51

Other Resources 51

Designing Your Study Plan 52

Part IV Test-Taking Strategies for the AP Chemistry Exam 53

1 How to Approach Multiple-Choice Questions 55

2 How to Approach Free-Response Questions 59

Part V Content Review for the AP Chemistry Exam 63

Unit 1 Atomic Structure and Properties 65

The Periodic Table 66

Moles 68

Coulomb's Law 72

Photoelectron Spectroscopy 73

Configuration Rules 75

Predicting Ionic Charges 76

Periodic Trends 77

Unit 1 Questions 81

Unit 1 Answers and Explanations 88

Unit 2 Molecular and Ionic Compound Structure and Properties 93

Bonds Overview 94

Ionic Bonds 94

Metallic Bonds 95

Molecular Covalent Bonding 95

Conductivity 97

Lewis Dot Structures 98

Unit 2 Questions 106

Unit 2 Answers and Explanations 110

Unit 3 Intermodular Forces and Properties 113

Polarity 114

Intermolecular Forces 115

Vapor Pressure 118

Solution Separation 119

Kinetic Molecular Theory 122

Maxwell-Boltzmann Diagrams 123

Effusion 124

The Ideal Gas Equation 125

Dalton's Law 126

Deviations from Ideal Behavior 126

Density 127

Electromagnetic Spectrum 128

Beer's Law 130

Unit 3 Questions 131

Unit 3 Answers and Explanations 143

Unit 4 Chemical Reactions 155

Types of Reactions 156

Chemical Equations 158

Gravimetric Analysis 162

Oxidation States 163

Oxidation-Reduction Reactions 164

Acids and Bases 166

Unit 4 Questions 167

Unit 4 Answers and Explanations 175

Unit 5 Kinetics 183

Rate Law Using Initial Concentrations 184

Rate Law Using Concentration and Time 186

Collision Theory 190

Reaction Mechanisms 193

Catalysts 195

Unit 5 Questions 196

Unit 5 Answers and Explanations 207

Unit 6 Thermodynamics 215

Heat and Temperature 216

Enthalpy 216

Energy Diagrams 217

Catalysts and Energy Diagrams 218

Enthalpy of Formation, ΔH^°_f 219

Bond Energy 221

Hess's Law 221

Enthalpy of Solution 222

Thermodynamics of Phase Change 224

Calorimetry 225

Heating Curves 227

Unit 6 Questions 229

Unit 6 Answers and Explanations 233

Unit 7 Equilibrium 237

The Equilibrium Constant, K_eq 238

Le Châtelier's Principle 242

Changes in the Equilibrium Constant 244

The Reaction Quotient, Q 244

Solubility 246

Unit 7 Questions 249

Unit 7 Answers and Explanations 257

Unit 8 Acids and Bases 265

pH 266

Acid Strengths 267

Neutralization Reactions 275

Buffers 276

Indicators 278

Titration 278

Unit 8 Questions 280

Unit 8 Answers and Explanations 286

Unit 9 Applications of Thermodynamics 293

Entropy 294

Gibbs Free Energy 295

Galvanic Cells 299

Electrolytic Ceils 301

Voltage and Favorabiiity 303

Unit 9 Questions 304

Unit 9 Answer and Explanations 313

Laboratory Overview 321

Safety 322

Accuracy 322

Significant Figures 322

Experimental Design 324

Laboratory Equipment 326

Part VI Practice Tests 2 and 3 331

Practice Test 2 333

Practice Test 2: Answers and Explanations 359

Practice Test 3 375

Practice Test 3: Answers and Explanations 401

Practice Test A online

Practice Test A: Answers and Explanations online