Chemistry for Dummies
Part I. Basic Concepts of Chemistry
Chapter 1. What Is Chemistry, and Why Do I Need to Know Some?
Chapter 3. Something Smaller Than an Atom? Atomic Structure
Chapter 4. The Periodic Table (But No Chairs)
Chapter 5. Nuclear Chemistry: If II Blow Your Mind
Part II. Blessed Be the Bonds That Tie
Chapter 6. Opposites Do Attract Ionic Bonds
Chapter 7. Covalent Bonds: Let's Share Nicely
Chapter 8. Chemical Cooking: Chemical Reactions
Chapter 9. Electrochemistry: Batteries to Teapots
Part III. The Mole: The Chemist's Best Friend
Chapter 10. The Mole: Can You Dig It?
Chapter 11. Mixing Matter Up: Solutions
Chapter 12. Sour and Bitter: Acids and Bases
Chapter 13. Balloons, Tires, and Scuba Tanks: The Wonderful World of Gases
Part IV. Chemistry in Everyday Life: Benefits and Problems
Chapter 14. The Chemistry of Carbon: Organic Chemistry
Chapter 15. Petroleum: Chemicals for Burning or Building
Chapter 16. Polymers: Making Big Ones from Little Ones
Chapter 17. Chemistry in the Home
Chapter 18. Cough! Cough! Hack! Hack! Air Pollution
Chapter 19. Brown, Chunky Water? Water Pollution
Part V. The Part of Tens
Chapter 20. Ten Serendipitous Discoveries in Chemistry
Chapter 21. Ten Great Chemistry Nerds
Chapter 22. Ten Useful Chemistry Web Sites
Appendix A. Scientific Units: The Metric System
Appendix B. How to Handle Really Big or Really Small Numbers