Chapter 1 The Air We Breathe

1.1 Take a Breath
1.2 What's in a Breath? The Composition of Air
1.3 What Else Is In a Breath? Minor Components
1.4 Taking and Assessing Risks
1.5 The Atmosphere: Our Blanket of Air
1.6 Classifying Matter: Mixtures, Elements, and Compounds
1.7 Atoms and Molecules
1.8 Formulas and Names: The Vocabulary of Chemistry
1.9 Chemical Change: Reactions and Equations; Oxygen's Role in Burning
1.10 Fire and Fuel: Air Quality and Burning Hydrocarbons
1.11 Air Quality: Some Good News
1.12 Air Pollutants: Sources
1.13 Air Quality at Home and Abroad
1.14 Breathing Lessons-Indoor Air
1.15 Back to the Breath-at the Molecular Level

Chapter 2 Protecting the Ozone Layer

2.1 Ozone: What Is It?
2.2 Atomic Structure and Elementary Periodicity
2.3 Molecules and Models
2.4 Waves of Light
2.5 "Particles" of Energy
2.6 Radiation and Matter
2.7 The Oxygen/Ozone Screen
2.8 Biological Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation
2.9 Stratospheric Ozone: Its Formation and Fate
2.10 Distribution of Ozone in the Atmosphere
2.11 Stratospheric Ozone Destruction -A Global Phenomenon
2.12 Chlorofluorocarbons: Properties and Uses
2.13 Interaction of CFCs with Ozone
2.14 The Antarctic Ozone Hole A Closer Look
2.15 Response to a Global Crisis
2.16 Substitutes for the Future

Chapter 3 The Chemistry of Global Warming

3.1 In the Greenhouse
3.2 The Testimony of Time
3.3 The Earth's Energy Balance
3.4 Molecules: How They Shape Up
3.5 Vibrating Molecules and the Greenhouse Effect
3.6 The Carbon Cycle: Contributions from Nature and Man
3.7 Weighing the Unweighable
3.8 Molecules and Moles
3.9 Manipulating Moles and Mass with Math
3.10 Methane and Other Greenhouse Gases
3.11 Climatic Modeling
3.12 Has the Greenhouse Effect Already Started?
3.13 What Can We Do? What Should We Do?
3.14 The Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change
3.15 Global Warming and Ozone Depletion

Chapter 4 Energy, Chemistry, and Society

4.1 Energy: Hard Work and Hot Stuff
4.2 Energy Conservation and Consumption
4.3 Energy: Where From and How Much?
4.4 Calculating Energy Changes in Chemical Reactions
4.5 Getting Started: Activation Energy
4.6 There's No Fuel Like An Old Fuel
4.7 Coal: Black Gold
4.8 Petroleum: Black Liquid Gold
4.9 Manipulating Molecules
4.10 Newer Fuels: Oxygenated and Reformulated Gasolines
4.11 Seeking Substitutes
4.12 Transforming Energy
4.13 Energy and Efficiency
4.14 Improbable Changes and Unnatural Acts
4.15 Order versus Entropy
4.16 The Case for Conservation

Chapter 5 The Water We Drink

5.1 Take a Drink of Water
5.2 Bottled Water
5.3 Where Does Drinking Water Come From?
5.4 Water as a Solvent
5.5 How Pure Is Drinking Water?
5.6 Solute Concentration in Aqueous Solutions
5.7 H2O: Surprising Stuff-Molecular Structure and Physical Properties
5.8 Hydrogen Bonding
5.9 Water As a Solvent: A Closer Look
5.10 Ions and Ionic Compounds
5.11 Water Solutions of Ionic Compounds
5.12 Covalent Compounds and Their Solutions
5.13 Protecting Our Drinking Water: Federal Legislation
5.14 How Is Drinking Water Treated to Make It Safe?
5.15 Case Studies of Water Quality
5.16 Consumer Choices: Tap Water, Bottled Water, and Filtered Water
5.17 International Needs for Safe Drinking Water

Chapter 6 Neutralizing the Threat of Acid Rain

6.1 What is an Acid?
6.2 Bases
6.3 Neutralization: Bases are Antacids
6.4 Introducing pH
6.5 Measuring the pH of Rain
6.6 In Search of the Extra Acidity
6.7 Sulfur Dioxide and the Combustion of Coal
6.8 Nitrogen Oxides and the Acidification of LA
6.9 SO2 and NOx: How do they stack up?
6.10 The Effects of Acid Precipitation on Materials, Visibility, and Human Health
6.11 Damages to Lakes and Streams
6.12 The Mystery of the Unhealthy Forests
6.13 Costs and Control Strategies
6.14 The Politics of Acid Rain

Chapter 7 The Fires of Nuclear Fission

7.1 A Comeback for Nuclear Energy?
7.2 How Does Fission Produce Energy?
7.3 How Does a Nuclear Reactor Produce Electricity?
7.4 Could There Be Another Chernobyl? Safeguards against a Meltdown
7.5 Can a Nuclear Power Plant Undergo a Nuclear Explosion?
7.6 Could Nuclear Fuel Be Diverted to Make Weapons?
7.7 What is Radioactivity?
7.8 What Hazards Are Associated with Radioactivity?
7.9 How Long Will Nuclear Waste Products Remain Radioactive?
7.10 How Will We Dispose of Waste from Nuclear Plants?
7.11 What is Low-level Radioactive Waste?
7.12 Nuclear Power Worldwide
7.13 Living with Nuclear Power: What Are the Risks and Benefits?
7.14 What Is the Future for Nuclear Power?

Chapter 8 Energy from Electron Transfer

8.1 Electrons, Cells, and Batteries
8.2 Fuel Cells
8.3 Alternate Energy Sources for Transportation
8.4 Splitting Water: Fact or Fantasy?
8.5 The Hydrogen Economy
8.6 Photovoltaics: Plugging in the Sun

Chapter 9 The World of Plastics and Polymers

9.1 Polymers: The Long, Long Chain
9.2 The "Big Six" of Polymers: Theme and Variations
9.3 Addition Polymerization: Adding up the Monomers
9.4 Polyethylene: A Closer Look At The Most Common Plastic
9.5 Condensation Polymers: Bonding by Elimination
9.6 Polyamides: Natural and Nylon
9.7 Plastics: Where from and Where to?
9.8 Paper or Plastic? The Battle Rages
9.9 Dealing with Plastics

Chapter 10 Manipulating Molecules and Designing Drugs

10.1 A Classis Wonder Drug
10.2 Counting to Four: Introduction to Organic Chemistry
10.3 Functional Groups
10.4 How Aspirin Works: Relating Molecular Structure to Activity
10.5 Modern Drug Design: Optimizing Function through Structural Changes
10.6 Right- and Left-Handed Molecules: Structures in Three Dimensions
10.7 Steroids: Cholesterol, Sex Hormones, and More
10.8 "The Pill"
10.9 Emergency Contraception and the "Abortion Pill"
10.10 Anabolic Steroids: What Price Glory?
10.11 Drug Testing and Approval
10.12 Brand-Name or Generic Prescriptions?
10.13 Over-the-Counter Drugs
10.14 Herbal Medicine

Chapter 11 Nutrition: Food for Thought

11.1 You Are What You Eat
11.2 Carbohydrates-Sweet and Starchy
11.3 The Fat Family
11.4 Saturated and Unsaturated Fats and Oils
11.5 Controversial Cholesterol
11.6 Proteins: First Among Equals
11.7 Enough Protein: The Complete Story
11.8 Energy: The Driving Force
11.9 Energy: How Much is Needed?
11.10 Vitamins: The Other Essentials
11.11 Minerals: Macro and Micro
11.12 Food Preservation
11.13 Feeding A Hungry World

Chapter 12 Genetic Engineering and the Chemistry of Heredity

12.1 The Chemistry of Heredity
12.2 The Double Helix of DNA
12.3 Cracking the Chemical Code
12.4 Protein Structure and Synthesis
12.5 Recombinant DNA
12.6 Engineering New Drugs and Vaccines
12.7 Diagnosis Through DNA
12.8 Genetic Fingerprinting
12.9 Mixing Genes: Improving on Nature
12.10 Cloning Mammals
12.11 The Human Genome Project
12.12 The New Prometheus

Appendix

1 Measure for Measure: Conversion Factors and Constants
2 The Power of Exponents
3 Clearing the Logjam
4 Answers to Your turn Questions Not Answered in Text
5 Answers to Selected End-of-Chapter Questions Indicated in Color in Text