Chemistry in the community :  ChemCom 
 ChemCom. 

 - 4th ed. 
 - N.Y. :  W.H. Freeman,  c2002 
 - xxiv, 600 p. :  ill. ;  30 cm. 
<br/><br/> "A project of the American Chemical Society." - T.p.  Rev. ed. of : ChemCom. 3rd ed. c1998. 
<br/><br/>Unit 1.  Water: exploring solution.  Section A.  Sources and uses of water.  Section B.  A look at water and its contaminants.  Section C.  Investigating the cause of the fish kill. Section D.  Water purification and treatment.  - Unit 2. Materials: structure and uses.  Section A.  Why we use what we do.  Section B.  Earth's mineral resources.  Section C. Conservation.  Section D.  Materials: designing for properties.  - Unit 3.  Petroleum: breaking and making bonds.  Section A.  Petroleum - what is it?   Section B.  Petroleum as an energy source.  Section C.  Petroleum as a building source.  Section D.  Energy alternatives to petroleum.  - Unit.  4.  Air: chemistry and the atmosphere.  Section A.  Gases in the atmosphere.  Section B.  Radiation and climate.  Section C.  Acids in the atmosphere.  Section D.  Air pollution - sources, effects, and solutions.  - Unit 5.  Industry: applying chemical reactions.  Section A.  The chemistry of nitrogen.  Section B.  Nitrogen and industry.  Section C.  Metal processing and electrochemistry.  - Unit.  6.  Atoms: Nuclear interactions.  Section A.  The nature of atoms.  Section B. Nuclear radition.  Section C.  Using radioactivity.  Section D.  Nuclear energy - benefits and burdens.  - Unit 7.  Food: matter and energy for life.  Section A.  Food as energy. Section B.  Energy storage and use.  Section C.  Proteins, enzymes, and chemistry.  Section D.  Other substances in foods.  - Appendices. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0716735512 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Environmental chemistry--Study and teaching (Secondary)
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>540  / CHE