Chemistry In Context: Applying Chemistry to Society, 9th Edition

American Chemical Society

Table of Contents

1 Portable Electronics: The Periodic Table in the Palm of Your Hand

2 The Air We Breathe

3 Radiation from the Sun

4 Climate Change

5 Energy from Combustion

6 Energy from Alternative Sources

7 Energy Storage

8 Water Everywhere: A Most Precious Resource

9 The World of Polymers and Plastics 

10 Brewing and Chewing

11 Nutrition

12 Health and Medicine

13 Genes and Life

14 Who Killed Dr. Thompson? A Forensic Mystery

Appendixes 

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 the Text

Appendix 5: Answers to Selected End-of-Chapter Questions