Description
Book SynopsisProvides a fascinating and at times amusing insight into the real world uses of chemicals. This sixth edition of
Chemistry in the Marketplace provides fresh explanations, fascinating facts and funny anecdotes about the serious science in the products we buy and the resources we use. It might even save you some money.
Trade Review“This is a wide-ranging, detailed and authoritative text, presented clearly and attractively with numerous images, tables and diagrams…it is good to see a text that has retained the essential chemistry and has not been oversimplified for the popular science market”.
- Janet Mitchell, School Science Review
Table of Contents
- Preface Acknowledgements
- 1: Molecular musings
- 2: Chemistry of health and risk
- 3: Chemistry of surfaces
- 4: Chemistry in the laundry
- 5: Chemistry in the kitchen
- 6: Chemistry in the dining room
- 7: Biochemistry of metabolism and sport
- 8: Chemistry of cosmetics
- 9: Chemistry in the medicine cabinet
- 10: Chemistry of plastics and glass
- 11: Chemistry of fibres, fabrics and other yarns
- 12: Chemistry in the garden
- 13: Chemistry of hardware and stationery
- 14: Chemistry in the swimming pool
- 15: Chemistry at the beach
- 16: Biological effects of metals and metalloids
- 17: Chemistry in energy
- 18: Chemistry of ionising radiation
- 19: Experiments
- Appendix 1: Nomenclature in chemistry
- Appendix 2: Reporting amounts of material (units)
- Appendix 3: Prevalence of logarithmic scales
- Appendix 4: How much is safe?
- Appendix 5: Phase diagrams
- Appendix 6: Metal foils
- Appendix 7: Metal alloys
- Appendix 8: Maillard reaction
- Appendix 9: Refractive index
- Appendix 10: Glass transition temperature (Tg)
- Appendix 11: The entropy game
- Index
