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Chemistry in context applying chemistry to society

Following in the tradition of the first six editions, the goal of this successful, issues-based textbook, Chemistry in Context, seventh edition, is to establish chemical principles on a need-to-know basis for non-science majors, enabling them to learn chemistry in the context of their own lives and...

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Other Authors: Middlecamp, Catherine
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Dubuque, IO McGraw-Hill 2012
Edition:7th ed.
Subjects:
Biochemistry
Environmental chemistry
Geochemistry
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Table of Contents:
  • Chemistry for a sustainable future
  • The air we breathe
  • Protecting the ozone layer
  • The chemistry of global warming
  • Energy, chemistry, and society
  • The 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
  • Appendices. Measure for measure : conversion factors and constants ; The power of exponents ; Clearing the logjam ; Answers to your turn questions not answered in text ; Answers to selected end-of-chapter questions indicated in color in the text

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