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Corrections for Chemistry: Connections to Our Changing World ©2000

Corrections of factual errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
864 col. 1, #18 "The reduction of a primary alcohol will produce an aldehyde." "The main ingredient in natural gas is aldehyde." 08-May-2000
909 col. 1, first par., last line "...group of methanol." "...group of acetic acid." 08-May-2000
938 col. 2, Percents and Decimals, par. 1, Examples, line 2 "74% = 0.75" "74% = 0.74" 20-Apr-2000
939 col. 2, Equations and Formulas, Example, line 2 "a volume of 5 cm3 and a density of 2.7 g/cm3." "a volume of 5.00 cm3 and a density of 2.70 g/cm3." 20-Apr-2000
939 Equations and Formulas, Example, line 4 "2.7 g/cm3..." "2.70 g/cm3..." 20-Apr-2000
939 Equations and Formulas, Example, line 5 "5 cm3 x 2.7 g/cm3..." "5.00 cm3 x 2.70 g/cm3..." 20-Apr-2000
940 col. 1, Examples, second set, line 4 "37.1 x 102 3.71 x 103" "37.1 x 102 3.7 x 103" 20-Apr-2000
940 col. 1, Examples, second set, line 8 "62.6 x 107 6.26 x 108" "62.6 x 107 6.3 x 108" 20-Apr-2000
940 col. 1, Examples, third set, line 3 "= 4.08 x 107" "= 4.1 x 107" 20-Apr-2000
941 col. 2, box, Mass of an electron, line 2 "0.006 amu" "5.486 x 10–4 amu" 31-May-2000
941 col. 2, box, Gas constant (R), line 2 "...Pa-qm3/mol-K" "...Pa-m3/mol-K" 20-Apr-2000
943 Unit 1, #43 (b) "...(b) 3.560 kilonewtons..." "...(b) 3.56 kilonewtons..." 20-Apr-2000
943 Unit 1, #56 (b) "...(b) 5.83 m3..." "...(b) 5.83 x 102 m3..." 20-Apr-2000
943 Unit 4, #35 (d) "...(d) 190 g BaCl2" "...(d) 19 g BaCl2" 20-Apr-2000
943 Unit 4, #43 (a) "(a) 40.0% Ca, 12.0% C, 48% O..." "(a) 40.0% Ca, 12.0% C, 48.0% O..." 20-Apr-2000
943 Unit 4, #46 (a) "(a) 7.85 x 1023 formula..." "(a) 7.8 x 1023 formula..." 20-Apr-2000
944 Ch. 11, #33 (a), line 2 "...equals 117.0 g" "...equals 117.69 g" 20-Apr-2000
944 Ch. 12, #39 "–366 kJ" "–367 kJ" 20-Apr-2000
944 Ch. 12, #41 "–6.79 kJ" "–6.795 kJ" 20-Apr-2000
944 Ch. 12, #45 "62.8 J" "63 J" 20-Apr-2000
944 Ch. 12, #50 "13.21 kJ" "13.2 kJ" 20-Apr-2000
944 Ch. 12, #54 "–197.5 kJ; 500" "–200 kJ; 0.50" 20-Apr-2000
944 Ch. 12, #56 "–56.27 kJ" "–56 kJ" 20-Apr-2000
944 Ch. 13, #44 "6.79 x 104 L" "6.8 x 104 L" 20-Apr-2000
944 Ch. 17, #35 "...= 1.22 x 10–8 M" "...= 1.2 x 10–8 M" 20-Apr-2000
944 Ch. 17, #46 "(a) and (b)" "(c)" 20-Apr-2000
944 Ch. 17, #56 "Q = 1.0 x 10–6...." "Q = 1 x 10–6...." 20-Apr-2000
944 Ch. 17, #58 "Q = 6.8 x 10–5...." "Q = 6.2 x 10–5...." 20-Apr-2000
945 Ch. 19, #54 "2.6 x 10–5" "2.5 x 10–5" 20-Apr-2000

Corrections of typographical or grammatical errors.

Page Location Original Revision Date Posted
16 chart, Gas Constant (R), col. 2 "...Pa-qm3/mol-K" "...Pa-m3/mol-K" 20-Apr-2000
39 par. 3, line 7 "...(250 gallons)..." "...(250. gallons)..." 20-Apr-2000
39 (Eq. 19) "V = 250 gal" "V = 250. gal" 20-Apr-2000
39 par. 3, line 9 (after Eq. 19) "...250 gallons is equal to..." "...250. gallons is equal to..." 20-Apr-2000
137 par. 1, line 2 "...aborbed..." "...absorbed..." 20-Apr-2000
316 Fig. 10-6 caption, last line "...200.6 g for..." "...201 g for..." 20-Apr-2000
326 Sample Problem 3, Strategy 3, line 4 "Oe: 16.0 amu..." "O: 16.0 amu..." 20-Apr-2000
811 par. 3, line 2 "...labortory?" "...laboratory?" 31-May-2000
811 par. 3, lines 7–8 "...thyroxin, a hormone...Doctors prescribe synthetically produced thyroxin..." "...thyroxine, a hormone...Doctors prescribe synthetically produced thyroxine..." 20-Apr-2000
944 Ch. 12, #47 "47. 186 J" "48. 186 J" 20-Apr-2000
944 Ch. 17, #37
"[Ca2+] = 6.9 x 10–3 M [OH–]
  = 1.4 x 10–2 M"
"[Ca2+] = 6.9 x 10–3 M
[OH–] = 1.4 x 10–2 M"
20-Apr-2000


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