The Handy Chemistry Answer Book (2014)

The Handy Chemistry Answer Book (2014)

Introduction

HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY

ATOMS AND MOLECULES

STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM

TRENDS IN REACTIVITY AND THE PERIODIC TABLE

PROPERTIES OF ATOMS AND ELECTRONS IN ATOMS

MOLECULES AND CHEMICAL BONDS

MACROSCOPIC PROPERTIES: THE WORLD WE SEE

PHASES OF MATTER AND INTENSIVE PROPERTIES

FOOD AND SENSES

CHEMICAL REACTIONS

KINETICS AND THERMODYNAMICS

ACIDS AND BASES

CATALYSIS AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY

OTHER KINDS OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

STRUCTURES AND NOMENCLATURE

REACTIONS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

STRUCTURE AND BONDING

ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

A LITTLE MATH

MEASURE TWICE

ELECTROCHEMISTRY

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY IN OUR LIVES

BIOCHEMISTRY

MOLECULES OF LIFE

GENETICS

METABOLISM AND OTHER BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS

BRAINS!

PHYSICAL AND THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY

ENERGY IS EVERYTHING

KINETICS

FASTER THAN A SPEEDING WAVE

BIG FREAKING LASERS

OTHER SPECTROSCOPY

IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IT

NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY

CHEMISTRY INSIDE THE ATOM

NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AT WORK

POLYMER CHEMISTRY

POLYMERS ARE MOLECULES TOO!

POLYMERS IN AND AROUND YOU

ENERGY

ENERGY SOURCES

POLLUTION

EMERGING SOURCES OF ENERGY

QUANTIFYING POWER

THE MODERN CHEMISTRY LAB

PURIFICATION IS ESSENTIAL

SPECTROSCOPY AND SPECTROMETRY

OTHER MEASUREMENTS

SAFETY FIRST!

THE WORLD AROUND US

MEDICINE AND DRUGS

CHEMICALS IN FOOD

CHEMICALS IN THE NATURAL WORLD

CHEMICALS IN OUR WORLD


SUSTAINABLE “GREEN” CHEMISTRY

MATERIALS SCIENCE

ASTROCHEMISTRY

CHEMISTRY IN THE KITCHEN

CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENTS YOU CAN DO AT HOME

Physical Constants

Conversion Factors

Glossary

History of Chemistry Timeline

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Bibliography

Further Reading