| Title |
Chemistry in context : applying chemistry to society / Catherine H. Middlecamp [and others]. |
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| Imprint |
Dubuque : McGraw-Hill, ©2012. |
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| Description |
1 volume (various pagings) : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm |
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| Edition |
7th ed. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
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"A Product of the American Chemical Society." |
| 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. |
| Subject(s) |
Biochemistry.
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Environmental chemistry.
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Geochemistry.
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| Alternate Author |
Middlecamp, Catherine.
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