Johnston, David O Netterville John T Wood, James L Jones, Mark M
Chemistry and the environment
- W. B. Saunders Company 1973
- 452 p. tabls., grafs., maps., ilus.
Chemistry: A human activity Atoms unique: The elements Atoms incognito: Compounds, molecules, and ions As sure as death and taxes: Chemical change Give and take in chemical change: Electron and proton transfers Chemical and nuclear energy What if we had no carbon? The giants assembled by man Giant molecules in biochemistry Enzymes, vitamins, and hormones The H. A. Krebs energy factory Life begets life Food additives - or - modified natural foods Medicines; The chemistry of cleaning or, getting the dirt outout The chemicals we use on ourselves-cosmetics The chemistry of paints: Protecting what you have Water pollution and purification Air pollution Four gens and a gin Chemistry for the family car Space chemistry Appendix: The international system of units SI; centigrade or Celsius temperature scale; stoichiometric calculations.