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Open Chemistry Education Resources : Example textbook mapping

This guide contains information about open educational resources for chemistry.

Mapping of a traditional textbook to an open textbook

Comparison of Chemistry: The Molecular Science, 5th Edition by J.W. Moore and C. Stanitski to OpenStax's, Chemistry.

The following sections from Moore are not covered in the OpenStax text:

Chemistry 103

  • 1.2 Clean Drinking Water - 2 pages
  • 1.14 The Biological Periodic Table - 1 page
  • 8.10 Ozone and Stratospheric Ozone Depletion - Partially covered
  • 8.11 Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming - Partially covered
  • 8.12 Chemistry of Air Quality and Air Pollution - 3 pages
  • 9.8 Materials Science - 1 page

Chemistry 104

  • 10.1 Petroleum - 9 pages
  • 10.2 US Energy Sources and Consumption - 5 pages
  • 10.7 Biopolymers: Polysaccharides and proteins - 10 pages
  • 16.8 Gibbs Free Energy, Maximum Work, and Energy Resources - 3 pages
Subjects: Biochemistry, Chemistry