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Chemistry in context : applying chemistry to society.
- Title:
- Chemistry in context : applying chemistry to society.
- Author:
- Middlecamp, Catherine.
- Format:
- Book
- Institution:
- Wentworth Institute of Technology
- 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 -- Appendix 1: Measure for measure : conversion factors and constants -- Appendix 2: The power of exponents -- Appendix 3: Clearing the logjam -- Appendix 4: Answers to your turn questions not answered in text -- Appendix 5: Answers to selected end-of-chapter questions indicated in color in the text -- Glossary.
- Online access:
- No online access
- Library holdings:
-
Wentworth Circulation Desk
540 .C99 2015
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Available