PART Ⅰ ABC OF CHEMISTRY 1
1 The History of Chemistry 3
2 The Work of Chemists 10
3 Elements 17
4 Chemical Bonding 25
5 Organic Nomenclature 31
6 Lead Poisoning 38
7 Corrosion 45
PART Ⅱ CHEMICAL INDUSTRY 53
8 What Are the Distinguishing Features of the Chemical Industry? 55
9 The Scope and Pattern of Chemical Production 63
10 The Production of Polymers 71
11 How Are Diamonds Synthesized? 77
12 Petroleum and Its Fractional Distillation 84
13 The Role of Fertilizers 91
14 Large-scale Synthetic Nitrogen Fixation 98
PART Ⅲ BIOCHEMISTRY 107
15 Chemistry and Health—a Natural Alliance 109
16 The Biological Effects of Radiation 116
17 Vitamins 125
18 Vitamins(continued) 134
19 Metals in the Body 142
20 Antibiotics 150
21 Insecticides 159
PART Ⅳ ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 169
22 Acid Rain 171
23 Carbon Dioxide and a Changing Climate 179
24 Environmental Protection 188
25 A Symbiotic Relationship in Environmental Engineering 197
26 Human Activities That Cause Releases 206
27 Sellafield's Waste Problems 215
28 Hazards in Chemical Engineering Laboratories 223
PART Ⅴ COMPUTER CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 233
29 Technique of Problem Solving 235
30 Chemical Engineering 244
31 Catalysis 252
32 Process Synthesis 260
33 Computers and Chemical Engineering 269
34 Computer Graphics—the New Way to Design New Drugs 279
35 Advances in Process Flowsheeting Systems(an extract from a review) 290
Appendixes 300
Keys to the Exercises(passage 1—35) 300