6th Edition. — Clayton South, Australia: CSIRO Publishing, 2017. — 552 p. — ISBN 1486303323.Chemicals are everywhere. Many are natural and safe, others synthetic and dangerous. Or is it the other way around? Walking through the supermarket, you might ask yourself: should I be eating organic food? Is that anti-wrinkle cream a gimmick? Is it worth buying BPA-free plastics?This sixth edition of Chemistry in the Marketplace provides fresh explanations, fascinating facts, and funny anecdotes about the serious science in the products we buy and the resources we use. With chapters on the chemistry found in different parts of our home, in the backyard, and in the world around us, Ben Selinger and Russell Barrow explain how things work, where marketing can be deceptive, and what risks you should really be concerned about. This book might even save you some money!With the inclusion of experiments to help apply the concepts in the text, readers with a general interest in chemistry-related disciplines, high school teachers, and university professors will find this book useful and fun.Molecular musings.Chemistry of health and risk.Chemistry of surfaces.Chemistry in the laundry.Chemistry in the kitchen.Chemistry in the dining room.Biochemistry of metabolism and sport.Chemistry of cosmetics.Chemistry in the medicine cabinet.Chemistry of plastics and glass.Chemistry of fibres, fabrics and other yarns.Chemistry in the garden.Chemistry of hardware and stationery.Chemistry in the swimming pool.Chemistry at the beach.Biological effects of metals and metalloids.Chemistry in the energy sector.Chemistry of ionising radiation.Experiments.Appendixes.Nomenclature in chemistry.Reporting amounts of material (units).Prevalence of logarithmic scales.How much is safe? .Phase diagrams.Metal foils.Metal alloys.Maillard reaction.Refractive index.Glass transition temperature (Tg).The entropy game.
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