Chemistry at Home: Exploring the Ingredients in Everyday Products Paperback - 2015
by John Emsley
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Hand cream, detergent, shower gel, toothpaste, toilet cleaner, air freshener, lipstick, perfume, low-fat spread, painkiller, diet drink, insect repellent... hundreds of everyday products that make our lives so much better than those of our forebears. And yet most of us know little about the ingredients they contain and why they deliver the benefits we enjoy.
Some people find it worrying when they examine the list of ingredients on a packaging label, because all they read may be unintelligible names or E numbers. It appears to be just chemicals, chemicals, chemicals. The aim of this book is to examine the ingredients more closely and explain the reasons for their being used.
Start reading and stop worrying.
Chemistry at Home has been written by award-winning popular science writer and chemist, John Emsley, using non-technical language. The book has 12 chapters, each devoted to the kinds of products we are likely to find around the home, including in the garage and the garden shed. Chemistry at Home also includes a glossary which gives more technical information about the molecules mentioned in the book.
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- Title Chemistry at Home: Exploring the Ingredients in Everyday Products
- Author John Emsley
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 432
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry
- Date 2015-06-29
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9781849739405 / 1849739404
- Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 1 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 2.54 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Popular works, Chemistry, Analytic
- Dewey Decimal Code 540
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