Chang’s text continues to take a traditional approach and is often considered a student and instructor favorite. It features a straightforward, clear writing style and proven problem-solving strategies, and continues to provide a firm foundation in chemical concepts and principles while presenting a broad range of topics in a clear, consise manner.

An integral part of the text is to develop students’ problem-solving and critical thinking skills. To that end, the authors have added over 340 new problems and have incorporated real examples in an effort to help students visualize the three-dimensional atomic and molecular structures that are the basis of chemical activity.