Chemistry: Applied and Descriptive

 

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The following links are from the Chemistry Student Edition.

Unit A: Matter, Energy and the Periodic Table
Guide for Handling Household Chemicals http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/environmental/household.html, 4
How Copper is Made http://www.copper.org/innovations/how/howdo3.htm, 10
WebElements Periodic Table http://www.webelements.com, 12
Statue of Liberty National Monument http://www.nps.gov/stli, 30
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry http://www.iupac.org, 31
The Pictorial Periodic Table http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/periodic.html, 34
WebElements Periodic Table http://www.webelements.com, 34


Unit B: Structure of the Atom
Glass…solid or liquid? http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem99/chem99017.htm, 60
Gateway to Government Food Safety Information http://www.foodsafety.gov, 61
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) http://www.cast-science.org, 61
Iowa State University Extension http://www.extension.iastate.edu, 61
Calculate Your Radiation Dose http://www.epa.gov/radiation/students/calculate.html, 61
Biography: Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Planck.html, 62
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov, 65
American Dental Association http://www.ada.org, 65
National Cancer Institute http://www.nci.nih.gov, 65
California Dental Association http://www.cda.org, 65
American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org, 65
Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov, 65
National Center for Fluoridation Policy and Research http://www.fluoridationcenter.org, 65


Unit C: Chemical Bonding
Kevlar—The Wonder Material http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/Kevlar/, 89

Unit D: Elements, Compounds and Nomenclature
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry http://www.iupac.org, 107
Superconductivity http://www.eere.energy.gov/EE/power_superconductivity.html, 116
Acid Rain http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/site_students/, 121
Lead Information, Activities and Data http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/air/monops/lessons/leadinfo.html, 123

Unit E: Chemical Reactions
Understanding the Global Carbon Cycle http://www.whrc.org/carbon/, 128
Pool Treatment 101: Introduction to Chlorine Sanitizing http://www.c3.org/chlorine_knowledge_center/POOLTREATMENT101.html, 138
How Copper is Made http://www.copper.org/innovations/how/howdo3.htm, 139
Thermit Welding http://www.rapidrail.co.uk/RAPTHERM.htm, 139
Thermit Welding Ltd. Company Profile http://www.thermitwelding.demon.co.uk/profile.html, 139
Orgo-Thermit, Inc. Company Page http://www.orgothermit.com/company.html, 139
Ethanol Power http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem99/chem99527.htm, 140


Unit F: Measurement and The Mole

Unit G: Mathematics of Chemical Reactions (Gravimetric Stoichiometry)
Lehigh Heidelberg Cement Group http://www.portlandcement.com, 190
Palmerton Zinc http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/super/sites/PAD002395887/index.htm, 191
Palmerton Citizens for a Clean Environment http://www.palmertoncitizens.org, 191
Superfund http://www.epa.gov/superfund, 191


Unit H: Behavior of Gases
Ozone Depletion—On the Trail of the Missing Ozone http://www.epa.gov/ozone/science/missoz/misspan.html, 201
AIRNow—Good Up High Bad Nearby http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/gooduphigh/, 201
Press Release; The 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1996/press.html, 220


Unit I: Liquids, Solids and Phase Changes
Testing and Measuring Emissions http://www.epa.gov/otaq/testproc.htm, 255

Unit J: Solutions
Common Water Measurements http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/characteristics.html, 292
The Soap and Detergent Association—Chemistry http://www.sdahq.org/cleaning/chemistry, 297
New York City Department of Environmental Protection http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/dep, 305
Drink a Cup of Seawater? http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/drinkseawater.html, 310


Unit K: Organic Chemistry
Pesticides and Food: What You and Your Family Need to Know http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/food, 335
Pesticides and Food: What “Organically Grown” Means http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/food/organics.htm, 335
A Consumer’s Guide to Fats http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fdfats.html, 341


Unit L: Thermochemistry
Photosynthesis and Respiration http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/VL/GG/photo_Resp.html, 358
Fusion Energy Sciences http://www.sc.doe.gov/feature/fes.htm, 360
The American Solar Energy Society http://www.ases.org (link: Solar Guide), 366
Heat Pump Basics http://www.cheresources.com/hpumpzz.shtml, 368
MedTerms Medical Dictionary http://www.medterms.com, 380
Nuclear Energy (Uranium)—Energy from Atoms http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/non-renewable/nuclear.html, 383


Unit M: Chemical Kinetics and Equilibrium
Cooking at High Altitudes http://www.chemistry.co.nz/cooking_altitudes.htm, 390
Testing and Measuring Emissions http://www.epa.gov/otaq/testproc.htm, 402
Organic Farming http://www.oneplan.org/Crop/OrganicFarming.shtml, 426
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont http://nofavt.org, 426
California Certified Organic Farmers http://www.ccof.org, 426


Unit N: Acids and Bases
pH Meter http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/phmeter.html, 438
Water Properties: pH http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/phdiagram.html, 440
Acid Rain http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/site_students/, 441


Unit O: Electrochemistry

Unit P: Nuclear Chemistry
Calculate Your Radiation Dose http://www.epa.gov/radiation/students/calculate.html, 488
Nuclear Energy (Uranium)—Energy from Atoms http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/non-renewable/nuclear.html, 503
Information and Issue Briefs http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/info.htm, 503
Biological and Environmental Research http://www.sc.doe.gov/feature/BER.htm, 504
Fusion Energy Sciences http://www.sc.doe.gov/feature/fes.htm, 504
Nuclear Energy Made Simple http://www.world-nuclear.org/education/education.htm, 504, 506
Radon http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35395, 508
Indoor Air—Radon http://www.epa.gov/iaq/radon/, 508
Renewable Energy Policy Project http://www.repp.org, 510
The Peaceful Atom http://www.world-nuclear.org/education/peac.htm, 511
Gateway to Government Food Safety Information http://www.foodsafety.gov, 512
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) http://www.cast-science.org, 512
Iowa State University Extension http://www.extension.iastate.edu, 512
MDS Nordion http://www.mdsnordion.com, 512
Radiotherapy http://www.radiation-oncology.com/html/radiotherapy.html, 513
The Peaceful Atom http://www.world-nuclear.org/education/peac.htm, 516