Introduction to the Chemistry of Life

• Main Author: Robert Bear
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: water; van der Waals interaction; valence shell; triglyceride; the periodic table; tetrahedron; tetrahedral geometry; temperature; surface tension; substituted hydrocarbon; subshell; structural isomers; sphere of hydration; specific heat capacity; solvent; solid; reversible chemical reaction; reactant; radioisotope; radioactive decay; proton; product; polarity; polar covalent bond; pharmaceutical chemist; pH scale; pH paper; periodic table; organic molecule; orbital; octet rule; nucleus; nonpolar covalent bond; non-neutral pH; noble gas; Niels Bohr; neutron; neutral pH; molecule; matter; mass number; macromolecule; litmus paper; liquid; law of mass action; Johannes Diderik van der Waals; isotope; isomers; irreversible chemical reaction; ionic bond; ion; inert gas; ice; hydrophobic; hydrophilic; hydrogen bond; hydrocarbon chain; hydrocarbon; heat of vaporization of water; geometric isomer; gas; functional group; float; evaporation; equilibrium; enantiomers; element; electronegativity; electron transfer; electron orbital; electron configuration; electron; electrolytes; dissociation; covalent bond; compound; cohesion; chemical signal; chemical reactivity; chemical reaction; chemical bond; cation; carbonic acid-bicarbonate buffer system; carbon dating; carbon; capillary action; calorie; buffer; boiling point; Bohr model; base; balanced chemical equation; atomic number; atomic mass; atom; aromatic hydrocarbon; anion; aliphatic hydrocarbon; adhesion; acid; Carbonic acid
• Online Access: http://cnx.org/content/m47180/1.1