Chemistry
Published on 30. November 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
108 pages
978-0-340-80392-9 (ISBN)
Description
Earth, air, fire, water - it's all chemistry. Chemical reactions are agents of change, in the environment, in our bodies, our brains - everywhere. Chemists apply what they have learned from natural substances and reactions to invent synthetic chemicals for use as drugs, plastics, fabrics and much more. Our knowldge of chemistry can both harm us and help us. We use chemistry to understand and cure disease and to invent technologies that help sustain modern life. However, it also helps to create such problems as pollution. This book provides information about chemistry and how it is central to almost everything that happens.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Murray Press
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 128 mm
Width: 195 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-340-80392-9 (9780340803929)
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Dr Andrew Scott has been a science writer and broadcaster since 1981. He has written books for various publishers including Blackwells. He has considerable experience in radio journalism, especially for BBC Science Magazine. He is currently a part-time lecturer at Perth College and is writing a chemistry text book for McGraw-Hill
Content
Acids; addition reaction; aldehydes; alkali metals; alkyl halides; atoms; avogrado constant; bases; buffers; calorimetry; carboxylic acids; catalysis; chemical energy; colloids; compounds; covalent bonds; Dalton, John; electrode potential; electrolysis; electron configuration; elements; entropy; enzymes; equations; equilibrium; esters; formulas; free energy; free radicals; gas laws; Hess's law; isomers; isotopes; ketones; law of definite proportions; law of conservation mass; Le Chatelier's principle; metalloids; metals; molecules; nucleic acids; nucleophiles; oxidation; ozone; periodic table; pH; polymers; radioactivity; rates of reaction; semiconductors; stereoisomerism; substitution reactions; transition metals; VSEPR theory; wave equation.