Chemistry fundamentals : an environmental perspective / Phyllis Buell, James Girard.
Material type: TextPublication details: Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2003Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvi, 655 p. ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 27 cmISBN:- 0763710741
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Includes index.
1. What is chemistry? An introduction to the central science ;
2. Planet earth, rocks, life, and energy ;
3. Atoms and atomic structure ;
4. Atoms and chemical bonding ;
5. Nuclear chemistry, the risks and benefits of nuclear radiation ;
6. Chemical reactions ;
7. Reactions in solution, acids and bases and oxidation-reduction reactions ;
8. Carbon compounds, an introduction to organic chemistry ;
9. Synthetic polymers, materials for the modern age ;
10. Water resources and water pollution ;
11. Air we breathe ;
12. Fossil fuels, our major source of energy ;
13. Energy sources for the future ;
14. Biochemistry, the molecules of life ;
15. Food and nutrition ;
16. Agricultural chemicals, feeding the earth's people ;
17. House hold chemicals ;
18. Toxicology ;
19. Disposal of dangerous wastes.
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