本書內容主要選材于國外化學類原版教材和專著，以當今社會最關注的環(huán)境、能源、材料、生命科學等問題與化學的聯系為主線，介紹了化學這門應用相當廣泛的學科與人類社會的密切關系。
全書分為兩大板塊，前一板塊包括緒論和第1，2章，介紹了化學的基本概念、原理、發(fā)展歷程、重要的化合物等等，側重化學學科本身；后一板塊包括第3，4，5，6章，主要涉及化學發(fā)展與社會進步、化學與日常生活、化學與環(huán)境、化學與現代技術，側重與化學相關的學科和領域。每一章節(jié)都由相對獨立的文章組成，文后附有重要詞匯和短語注解，并對難度較大的語句給出了參考譯文，以方便讀者較準確了解和掌握化學專業(yè)英語詞匯以及科技英語的表達方式。
Chapter 1 Introduction to Chemistry
1-1 What Is Chemistry
1-2 Modern Chemistry
1-3 Matter, Element, Compound and Mixture
1-4 The Periodic Table
1-5 Green Chemistry
1-6 Cosmochemistry and Geochemistry
Chapter 2 Important Elements and Compounds
2-1 Sodium, Aluminum and Lead
2-2 Iron and Zinc
2-3 C60 and The Fullerenes
2-4 Oxygen and Sulfur
2-5 Wate-A Special Substance for Planet Earth
2-6 Hydrogen Peroxide
2-7 Carbon Monoxide and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
2-8 Inorganic and Organic Acid
2-9 Inorganic Base
2-10 The Alcohol Family
Chapter 3 Chemistry and Life
3-1 Trace Elements and Life
3-2 Biologically Important Ions
3-3 Acids, Bases and Human Health
3-4 Buffer Solutions and Body Fluids
3-5 Osmosis and Its Medical Application
3-6 Protein and Nutrition
3-7 Carbohydrate
3-8 Chemistry in Medicine
3-9 Chemicals and Medicines from the Sea
3-10 Enzymes in Human Body
Chapter 4 Chemistry in Use
4-1 Soap and Detergents
4-9 Pesticides and Pharmaceuticals
4-3 Plastics
4-4 Chlorinated Hydrocarbons: Many Uses and Some Hazards
4-5 Wastewater Treatment
4-6 Chromatography Analysis
4-7 Stable Isotope Ratio Analysis
4-8 Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Chapter 5 Chemistry and Environment
5-1 General Introduction to Environmental Pollution
5-2 Air Pollution
5-3 Ozone
5-4 Acid Rain
5-5 Greenhouse Effect
5-6 The Ocean: A Global Geochemical System
5-7 Toxic Metals in Seawater
5-8 Organic Compounds in Seawater
5-9 Toxic Organic Pollutants in Seawater
5-10 Sources of Oil Pollution in Oceans
5-11 The Marine Carbonate System
Chapter 6 Chemistry and Technology
6-1 Superconductivity
6-2 Semiconductors
6-3 Hydrogen: Fuel of the Twenty-First Century
6-4 Alternative Energy Sources
6-5 Applications of Radioactivity
6-6 Batteries
6-7 Polymer
Appendix 1 Table of Atomic Number and Weight
Appendix 2 SI Units
Appendix 3 Naming Inorganic Compounds
Appendix 4 Nomenclature of Organic Compounds
A List of Bibliography
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