Hutchinson Trends in Science: Chemistry -- Preface -- Table of contents -- Overview: chemistry in the 20th century -- introduction - chemistry at the start of the 20th century -- the atom - physicists lend a hand -- the periodic table - the last pieces of the puzzle come together -- synthesis - the rise of organic chemistry -- biochemistry - the chemistry of life -- the petrochemical industry - the next revolution -- plastics - the new materials -- the chemistry of death - the chemist at war -- Silent Spring - the price of success -- DNA - the chemical of identity -- the future - 'a brave new world' -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches -- Alder, Kurt (1902-1958) -- Baekeland, Leo Hendrik (1863-1944) -- Bergius, Friedrich Karl Rudolf (1884-1949) -- Bosch, Carl (1874-1940) -- Brønsted, Johannes Nicolaus (1879-1947) -- Burton, William Merriam (1865-1954) -- Butenandt, Adolf Friedrich Johann (1903-1995) -- Carothers, Wallace Hume (1896-1937) -- Corey, Elias James (1928- ) -- Cornforth, John Warcup (1917- ) -- Cram, Donald James (1919-2001) -- Crutzen, Paul (1933- ) -- Curie, Marie (1867-1934) -- born Maria Sklodowska -- Dam, Carl Peter Henrik (1895-1976) -- Diels, Otto Paul Hermann (1876-1954) -- Domagk, Gerhard (1895-1964) -- Fischer, Hans (1881-1945) -- Franklin, Rosalind Elsie (1920-1958) -- Funk, Casimir (1884-1967) -- Gilman, Henry (1893-1986) -- Grignard, (François Auguste) Victor (1871-1935) -- Haber, Fritz (1868-1934) -- Hevesy, Georg Karl von (1885-1966) -- Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot (1910-1994) -- penicillin -- vitamin B12 -- insulin -- honours -- Houdry, Eugene Jules (1892-1962) -- Kendall, Edward Calvin (1886-1972) -- Kroto, Harold W(alter) (1939- ) -- Kuhn, Richard (1900-1967) -- Lehn, Jean-Marie (1939- ) -- Lipmann, Fritz Albert (1899-1986) -- Molina, Mario (1943- ) -- Müller, Paul Hermann (1899-1965).

Northrop, John Howard (1891-1987) -- Pauling, Linus Carl (1901-1994) -- work -- life -- Pedersen, Charles (1904-1990) -- Perey, Marguérite (Catherine) (1909-1975) -- Perutz, Max Ferdinand (1914-2002) -- Plunkett, Roy J (1910-1994) -- Porter, Rodney Robert (1917-1985) -- Prelog, Vladimir (1906-1998) -- Rowland, F Sherwood (1927- ) -- Sabatier, Paul (1854-1941) -- Sanger, Frederick (1918- ) -- Seaborg, Glenn Theodore (1912-1999) -- Soddy, Frederick (1877-1956) -- Staudinger, Hermann (1881-1965) -- Sumner, James (Batcheller) (1887-1955) -- Svedberg, Theodor (1884-1971) -- Synge, Richard Laurence Millington (1914-1994) -- life -- paper chromatography -- Szent-Györgyi, Albert von Nagyrapolt (1893-1986) -- Tiselius, Arne Wilhelm Kaurin (1902-1971) -- Urey, Harold Clayton (1893-1981) -- Wittig, Georg (1897-1987) -- Woodward, Robert Burns (1917-1979) -- Ziegler, Karl (1898-1973) -- Zsigmondy, Richard Adolf (1865-1929) -- Web sites -- Acid and Base pH Tutorial -- Acids -- Alfred Nobel - His Life and Work -- Amino Acids -- Analytical Chemistry Basics -- Carbon Cycle -- Catalysts -- Chem101 -- Chemical Carousel: A Trip Around the Carbon Cycle -- Chemical Elements.com -- Chemical Kinetics: Terms and Concepts -- Chemical Stuff -- Chemistry Exam Exchange Centre -- Chemistry for Children -- Chemistry World -- ChemTutor -- CHEMystery -- Chlorine -- Common Sense Science -- Dr Linus Pauling Profile -- Elementary Particles -- Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry -- Essay about Marie and Pierre Curie -- Exploring the Material World: Three Classroom Teaching Modules -- Fluorine -- Formaldehyde -- Gases -- General Chemistry Glossary -- General Chemistry Online -- Introduction to Chemical Equations -- Introduction to Organic Chemistry: Frequently Asked Questions -- Journal of Chemical Education -- Look Inside the Atom -- Matter and its Changes -- Merlin's Academy of Alchemy.

Mineral Gallery -- Modelling the Periodic Table: An Interactive Simulation -- Modern Alchemist -- Molecular Expressions: The Pharmaceutical Collection -- Molecular Expressions: The Amino Acid Collection -- Molecular Expressions: The Pesticide Collection -- Molecule of the Month -- Natural Science Pages -- Organic Chemistry: Introduction -- Oxidation and Reduction -- Photosynthesis Directory -- Physical Properties of Water and Ice -- Plastics -- Polymers and Liquid Crystals -- Polymers: They're Everywhere -- Royal Society of Chemistry -- Science is Fun in the Lab of Shakhashiri -- States of Matter -- Theory of Atoms in Molecules -- Virtual Experiments -- Water -- Web Elements -- What is an Element? -- What is Uranium? -- Glossary -- absolute zero -- absorption spectroscopy -- or absorptiometry -- accelerator -- accelerator -- acetaldehyde -- acetate -- acetic acid -- acetone -- acetylene -- acid -- with indicators -- with alkalis -- with carbonates -- with metals -- acid salt -- actinide -- actinium -- chemical symbol Ac -- (Greek aktis 'ray') -- activation analysis -- activation energy -- activity series -- addition polymerization -- addition reaction -- polymers -- adhesive -- natural water-based adhesives -- natural non-water-based adhesives -- synthetic adhesives -- adipocere -- affinity -- alcohol -- aldehyde -- aliphatic compound -- alkali -- with acids -- with indicators -- with ammonium salts -- with soluble salts -- alkali metal -- alkaline-earth metal -- alkaloid -- alkane -- alkane -- alkene -- alkene -- alkyl -- alkyne -- allene -- allosteric effect -- allotropy -- alloy -- alpha particle -- or alpha ray -- alum -- alumina -- or corundum -- Al2O3 -- aluminium -- chemical symbol Al -- pure aluminium -- uses -- history -- commercial production -- other uses -- aluminium -- amalgam -- americium -- chemical symbol Am -- amide -- amine.

amino acid -- amino acid -- ammonia -- NH3 -- ammonia -- amphoteric -- analytical chemistry -- anhydride -- anhydrite -- anhydrous -- aniline -- or phenylamine -- C6H5NH2 -- (Portuguese anil 'indigo') -- anion -- anode -- anodizing -- antacid -- anthracene -- antifreeze -- antimony -- chemical symbol Sb -- aqueous solution -- argon -- chemical symbol Ar -- (Greek argos 'idle') -- aromatic compound -- aromatic compound -- arsenic -- chemical symbol As -- arsenic poisoning -- metallic arsenic -- chief compounds of arsenic -- aspartame -- asphalt -- aspirin -- assay -- astatine -- chemical symbol At -- (Greek astatos 'unstable') -- atom -- (Greek atomos 'undivided') -- atom, electronic structure -- atom, electronic structure of -- atomicity -- atomic mass -- atomic mass unit -- or dalton -- symbol u -- atomic number -- or proton number -- symbol Z -- atomic structure -- the nucleus -- electrons -- attraction and repulsion -- two Greek theories -- the conservation of matter -- Dalton's theory -- determining atomic weights -- Rutherford and Moseley -- Bohr -- Chadwick -- subatomic particles -- atomic structure -- atomic weight -- Avogadro's hypothesis -- Avogadro's number -- or Avogadro's constant -- azo dye -- Bakelite -- barium -- chemical symbol Ba -- (Greek barytes 'heavy') -- base -- basicity -- battery -- primary cell -- secondary cell -- battery -- bauxite -- benzaldehyde -- C6H5CHO -- benzene -- C6H6 -- benzene -- benzoic acid -- C6H5COOH -- berkelium -- chemical symbol Bk -- beryllium -- chemical symbol Be -- beta particle -- or beta ray -- bicarbonate of soda -- or baking soda -- technical name sodium hydrogencarbonate, NaHCO3 -- binding energy -- biochemistry -- bismuth -- chemical symbol Bi -- bitumen -- blast furnace -- blast furnace -- bleaching -- bohrium -- chemical symbol Bh -- boiling point -- bond -- boric acid -- or boracic acid.

B(OH)3 -- boron -- chemical symbol B -- brass -- bromide -- bromine -- chemical symbol Br -- (Greek bromos 'stench') -- buckminsterfullerene -- buckyballs -- buffer -- butane -- C4H10 -- cadmium -- chemical symbol Cd -- (ancient Greek kadmeia) -- caesium -- chemical symbol Cs -- (Latin caesius 'bluish-grey') -- caffeine -- calcination -- calcium -- chemical symbol Ca -- (Latin calcis 'lime') -- calcium carbonate -- CaCO3 -- calcium hydroxide -- or slaked lime -- Ca(OH)2 -- californium -- chemical symbol Cf -- camphor -- C10H16O -- carbide -- carbohydrate -- chitin and cellulose -- carbohydrate -- carbolic acid -- carbon -- chemical symbol C -- (Latin carbo, carbonaris 'coal') -- With metal oxides -- With steam -- With concentrated acids -- carbon -- carbonate -- CO32- -- carbon dioxide -- CO2 -- chemistry of carbon dioxide -- respiration -- the carbon cycle and the 'greenhouse effect' -- carbon monoxide -- catalyst -- cell, electrical -- centrifuge -- chalk -- change of state -- atoms, molecules, and elements -- compounds and mixtures -- formulas and equations -- alchemy -- landmarks in chemistry -- with metals -- with non-metals -- with compounds -- chromatography -- collision theory -- copper -- covalent bond -- cracking -- crystal -- laws of diffusion -- diffusion -- diffusion -- distillation -- electrolysis -- new elements -- enzyme -- ester -- digestion of fats in humans -- Olestra -- fat -- fat -- filtration -- flame test -- UK import and dumping -- international agreement -- hazard label -- measurement -- conduction, convection, and radiation -- heat -- homologous series -- tests for negative ions -- ionic bond -- isomer -- uses -- hazards -- history -- use in mining -- with acids -- with oxygen -- with water -- extraction of metals -- commercial use -- metal -- metallic bond -- kinetic theory of matter -- kinetic theory of gases.

change of state.