Dimensions
173 x 239 x 26mm
Fifth Edition.
This invaluable reference book explains the chemistry we encounter in our daily life in terms that everyone can understand. It explores the real-life applications of chemistry:
- Bedroom (perfumes, deodorants and sunscreens)
- Kitchen (nutrition, food preparation and commercial processing)
- Restaurant (wine, food additives and poisons)
- Garden (soils, weeds and pesticides)
- Car (petrol, batteries and solar energy)
- Home safety (toxicity and flammability)
- Shopping basket (plastics, glass and metals)
- Environment (the ozone layer and the greenhouse effect)
- Swimming pool, and many more.
An excellent source of real-life applications of chemistry, of interest to school and tertiary students and to the general science reading public.
