Molecules at an exhibition : portraits of intriguing materials in everyday life / John Emsley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Emsley, John, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Materials.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Emsley presents accessible, readable portraits of materials affecting every aspect of our everyday lives. Each portrait is rich in history and science and this book will be interesting to those concerned about food, health and the environment.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; A quick guide to things large and small; GALLERY 1 Nearly as nature intended: An exhibition of some curious molecules in the foods we eat; AZTEC DREAMS: PHENYLETHYLAMINE; RHUBARB PIE: OXALIC ACID; THE COCA-COLA CONUNDRUM: CAFFEINE; RUST REMOVER: PHOSPHORIC ACID; THE CURSE OF THE CURE-ALL: DIPROPENYL DISULFIDE; THE WORST SMELL IN THE WORLD: METHYL MERCAPTAN; CHINESE MEDICINE: SELENIUM; THE STATE OF THE HEART: SALICYLATES; THOSE UNSPEAKABLE MOLECULES: PHTHALATES; GALLERY 2 Testing your metal: An exhibition of the metals which our body must have

BONE IDLE: CALCIUM PHOSPHATETHERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR SALT: SODIUM CHLORIDE; PERFECT AND POISONOUS: POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; THE ENIGMATIC ELEMENT: IRON; AMAZINGLY LIGHT: MAGNESIUM; THE MISSING LINK: ZINC; BRONZED AND BEAUTIFUL: COPPER; A FAMILY PORTRAIT: TIN, VANADIUM, CHROMIUM, MANGANESE, MOLYBDENUM, COBALT AND NICKEL; GALLERY 3 Starting lives, saving lives, screwing up lives: An exhibition of molecules that can help and harm the young; PROTECTING THE UNBORN: FOLIC ACID; MOTHER'S MILK: ARACHIDONIC ACID; SEXUAL CHEMISTRY: NITRIC OXIDE; THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA: KERATIN

A KISS AT CHRISTMAS: MISTLETOE'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS: PENICILLIN; GALLERY 3A: PRIVATE COLLECTION: RESTRICTED VIEWING ONLY; ON THE WINGS OF A DOVE: ECSTASY; TURNING OFF THE DRUGS TAP: COCAINE, HEROIN AND DESIGNER DRUGS; NASTY HABIT: NICOTINE; SMOKE A CIG OR LICK A FROG: EPIBATIDINE; PERCHANCE TO DREAM: MELATONIN; GALLERY 4 Home, sweet home: An exhibition of detergents, dangers, delights and delusions; KEEP IT CLEAN: SURFACTANTS; TRIED AND FOUND INNOCENT: PHOSPHATES; THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT: PERFLUOROPLYETHERS; ZAP THE GERMS: SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE

CRYSTAL CLEAR AND CLOUDED IN MYSTERY: GLASSWHAT'S IT MADE FROM? (1): ETHYL ACRYLATE; WHAT'S IT MADE FROM? (2): MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; DANGER IN THE HOME: CARBON MONOXIDE; THE BITTER SECRET OF SAFETY: BITREX; ELEMENTS FROM HEAVEN (1): ZIRCONIUM; ELEMENTS FROM HEAVEN (2): TITANIUM; GALLERY 5 Material progress and immaterial observations: An exhibition of molecules that make life a little easier; BACK TO THE FUTURE: TENCEL; PLASTIC DICKIES AND EXPLODING BALLS: CELLULOID; BEND ME, SHAPE ME, ANY WAY YOU WANT ME: ETHYLENE; CHEAP AND CHEERFUL: POLYPROPYLENE

GOING TO EXTREMES ON EARTH AND IN THE HEAVENS: TEFLONGETTING RID OF UNWANTED PETS: POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); SEXY AND SAFE: POLYURETHANE; FILM SET FUN AND FAST FOOD FLAW: POLYSTRYRENE; STRONGER THAN STEEL: KEVLAR; GALLERY 6 Landscape room: environmental cons, concerns and comments: An exhibition of molecules that stalk the world; THE AIR THAT WE BREATHE: OXYGEN; SO MUCH AND SO UNREACTIVE: NITROGEN; THE LAZY LONER THAT DOES A LOT: ARGON; TOO HIGH AND TOO LOW FOR COMFORT: OZONE; ACID RAIN, VINTAGE WINE AND WHITE POTATOES: SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOO MUCH OF A GOOD TOXIN: DDT

MAD COWS AND MADDER CHEMISTS: DICHLOROMETHANE

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-102629-8

0-19-191645-5

0-19-102628-X