Chemistry in context : applying chemistry to society
Title:
Chemistry in context : applying chemistry to society
Author:
Middlecamp, Catherine.
ISBN:
9780071314466
Edition:
7th ed. ; International Student Ed.
Publication Information:
New York : McGraw-Hill, c2012.
Physical Description:
1 v. (various paging) ; ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
"A Project of the American Chemical Society."
Contents:
Chemistry for a sustainable future -- The air we breathe -- Protecting the ozone layer -- The chemistry of global climate change -- Energy from combustion -- Water for life -- Neutralizing the threat of acid rain -- The fires of nuclear fission -- Energy from electron transfer -- The world of polymers and plastics -- Manipulating molecules and designing drugs -- Nutrition : food for thought -- Genetic engineering and the molecules of life.
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