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Justin P. Lomont. The Handy Chemistry Answer Book
About the Authors
Contents
Acknowledgements
Photo Credits
Introduction
HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY
What is the Philosopher’s Stone?
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
What is the composition of air?
How does a vacuum cleaner work?
FOOD AND SENSES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
KINETICS AND THERMODYNAMICS
What are a couple of examples of familiar chemical reactions?
What does it mean when we say a chemical reaction takes one minute?
ACIDS AND BASES
CATALYSIS AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
OTHER KINDS OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS
What causes lightning?
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
STRUCTURES AND NOMENCLATURE
What else did Friedrich Wöhler discover that helped make him famous?
When was the term “aromatic” first seen?
REACTIONS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
What is Markovnikov’s rule?
Who were Diels and Alder?
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
STRUCTURE AND BONDING
ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY
When doctors give people “lithium,” is that the same lithium as in lithium-ion batteries?
Why is calcium important for strong bones?
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
A LITTLE MATH
What is the smallest quantity of lead that can be detected in drinking water?
MEASURE TWICE
ELECTROCHEMISTRY
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY IN OUR LIVES
BIOCHEMISTRY
MOLECULES OF LIFE
GENETICS
METABOLISM AND OTHER BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS
What determines whether a cell is a skin cell, blood cell, etc.?
BRAINS!
PHYSICAL AND THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY
ENERGY IS EVERYTHING
KINETICS
FASTER THAN A SPEEDING WAVE
BIG FREAKING LASERS
Can lasers be dangerous?
OTHER SPECTROSCOPY
How does RADAR work?
Why do “black” lights make white materials appear to glow?
IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IT
NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY INSIDE THE ATOM
How is nuclear chemistry related to the alchemists’ goal of transmutation?
What defines how long one second lasts?
NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AT WORK
Is cold fusion really possible?
POLYMER CHEMISTRY
POLYMERS ARE MOLECULES TOO!
Does polymer stereochemistry matter?
POLYMERS IN AND AROUND YOU
What do the recycle numbers mean on plastic bottles?
What makes my cooking pans “nonstick”?
ENERGY
ENERGY SOURCES
If fracking is an old technique, why does it seem to be taking off now?
POLLUTION
How much CO2 production comes from automobiles?
EMERGING SOURCES OF ENERGY
How could algae potentially be used as a source of energy?
So if the radiation coming from the sun more or less covers all wavelengths of visible light, why aren’t plants black?
QUANTIFYING POWER
THE MODERN CHEMISTRY LAB
PURIFICATION IS ESSENTIAL
SPECTROSCOPY AND SPECTROMETRY
When was NMR invented?
OTHER MEASUREMENTS
SAFETY FIRST!
Why should a chemist add acid to water and not the other way around?
THE WORLD AROUND US
MEDICINE AND DRUGS
Why do some prescription pills come in such elaborate colors/capsules?
Can cracking your knuckles really lead to arthritis?
CHEMICALS IN FOOD
CHEMICALS IN THE NATURAL WORLD
CHEMICALS IN OUR WORLD
Why is the water in the ocean salty?
SUSTAINABLE “GREEN” CHEMISTRY
What is bagasse?
What is the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry?
What is the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award?
MATERIALS SCIENCE
Why are scientists so interested in semiconductors?
ASTROCHEMISTRY
Could comets have been a “seed” for life on Earth?
Why does the sun glow?
Why is Pluto no longer a planet?
Why do footprints last extra long on the surface of the Moon?
CHEMISTRY IN THE KITCHEN
What makes fish smell fishy?
CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENTS YOU CAN DO AT HOME
Physical Constants
Conversion Factors
Glossary
History of Chemistry Timeline
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Bibliography
Further Reading
