內容簡介

Chemistry Fundamentals: An Environmental Perspective, Second Edition aims to guide students to the knowledge that humans live in a chemical environment and that chemistry affects every aspect of our lives. The text emphasizes that all living and non-living parts of our environment are made up of chemicals, and that the natural processes continuously occurring in the environment all involve chemical reactions. With a grasp of this notion of interdependence, students begin to see that without some understanding of chemistry, it is impossible to fully understand environmental issues such as ozone depletion, global warming, air and water pollution, and the hazards of radioactivity.

作者簡介

◎Phullis Buell

目次

1. What is Chemistry 

2. The Origins of the Earth and the Earth's Mineral Resource

3. Ecosystems

4. Atoms and Atomic Structure

5. Electron Configuration and Chemical Bonding 

6. Nuclear Chemistry 

7. Chemical Reactions 

8. Reactions in Solution 

9. Carbon Compounds 

10. Biochemistry 

11. Synthetic Polymers 

12. Water Resources and Water pollution 

13. The Air We Breathe 

14. Fossil Fuels 

15. Energy Sources for the Future 

16. Toxicology

17. Food and Nutrition 

18. Agricultural Chemicals

19. The Disposal of Dangerous Wastes