SURFING Chemistry - Production of Materials (Revised)

Contents of this book:

Materials and Energy from Fossil Fuels
1    Energy from Fossil Fuels
2    Carbon Compounds – IUPAC Naming
3    Bonding in Carbon Compounds
4    Ethane and Ethylene (Ethene)
5    Production of  Ethylene (Ethene)
6    Polyethylene (Polyethene)
7    Industrial Production of Polyethylene (Polyethene)
8    Other Important Monomers and Polymers

Materials from Biomass
9    Biomass  and Condensation Polymers
10    Biopolymers
11    Biopol® – A Commercially Produced Biopolymer

Energy from Biomass

12    Assumed Knowledge
13     Alkanols
14    Ethanol – An Alkanol15    Manufacture of Ethanol
16    Ethanol as a Fuel

Energy from Electrochemical Means
17    Assumed Knowledge
18    Oxidation/Reduction
19    Galvanic Cells
20    The Redox Table
21    Using Galvanic/Voltaic Cells

Nuclear Energy
22    Radioisotopes
23    Uses of Radioisotopes
24    Production of Radioisotopes
25    Detectors of Radiation
26    Overview of Production of Materials

SAMPLE CHAPTER