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BL
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621919
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| Title & Author
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Chemistry in context : : applying chemistry to society /\ Catherine H. Middlecamp ... [et al.].
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| Edition Statement
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7th ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Dubuque :: McGraw-Hill,, c2012.
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1 v. (various paging) :: col. ill., col. maps ;; 28 cm.
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| ISBN
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9780073375663 (hard copy : alk. paper)
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: 0073375667 (hard copy : alk. paper)
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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"A Product of the American Chemical Society."
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| Contents
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Chemistry for a sustainable future -- The air we breathe -- Protecting the ozone layer -- The chemistry of global warming -- Energy, chemistry, and society -- The water for life -- Neutralizing the threat of acid rain -- The fires of nuclear fission -- Energy from electron transfer -- The world of Polymers and plastics -- Manipulating molecules and designing drugs -- Nutrition: food for thought -- Genetic engineering and the molecules of life -- Appendices. Measure for measure : conversion factors and constants ; The power of exponents ; Clearing the logjam ; Answers to your turn questions not answered in text ; Answers to selected end-of-chapter questions indicated in color in the text.
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Biochemistry.
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Environmental chemistry.
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Geochemistry.
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| LC Classification
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QD415.C482 2012
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| Added Entry
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Middlecamp, Catherine.
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