A
acids 64, 102, 112, 122, 128, 132
akali metals 12
akaloids 112
amino acids 128
antacid 64
antibiotics 116
antimony 86
arsenic 86
atomic weights 31
atoms 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 28, 31, 32, 34, 36, 40, 42, 44, 51, 52, 60, 66, 78, 84, 86, 88, 90, 98, 102, 108, 118, 138, 142, 146
B
big bang, the 20
blood 8, 108, 110, 124, 128, 134
bonds, bonding 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 24, 28, 32, 34, 36, 40, 41, 42, 52, 84, 85, 86, 90, 92, 102, 103, 106, 108, 110, 112, 118, 128, 146
covalent bonds and bonding 12, 28, 40, 42, 52, 102, 106
crystal field theory 84
ionic bonds and bonding 12, 28, 40, 42, 52
boron 86
Sceptical Chymist (1661) 50, 51
C
calcium chloride 54
carbon 20, 86, 96, 102, 106, 108, 110, 112, 118, 124
graphene 84
carbon monoxide 90
nanocars 98
catalytic cycle 92
cell growth 146
cellulose 124
centromere 40
cesium 12
chemical reactions 9, 31, 92, 138
chromium 92
coal miner’s safety lamp 72, 73
cobalt 92
codeine 112
collagen 128
colour wheel 84
complementary colours 84
crystal field theory 84
Curie, Pierre 140
D
diabetes 134
disaccharide 124
E
Earth 26, 62, 86, 90, 95, 104, 140
Einstein, Albert 138, 142, 144
electrolysis 73
electrolyte 58
electromagnetism 44
electron 12, 16, 18, 22, 24, 28, 32, 34, 36, 42, 68, 85, 88, 90, 92, 138, 146
electron cloud 13
electronics 96
elements 7, 12, 18, 20, 26, 31, 36, 51, 86, 96, 140
energy 74, 76, 92, 96, 106, 124, 126
F
fluorine 86
gasoline 106
paraffin wax 106
G
gases 8, 9, 31, 36, 41, 42, 44, 70, 102, 106
genes 132
genetic engineering 134
genome, genomic instability 40, 122, 132, 134
germanium 86
gold 16
graphite 96
greenhouse gas 62
H
haemoglobin 128
Harrison, Anna J. 130
heat 80
Heisenberg, Werner 22
Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle 12, 22
hydrochloric acid 64
hydrogen 20, 28, 32, 36, 64, 86, 98, 103, 106, 132
hydroxide 64
I
ions 6, 12, 28, 42, 64, 66, 84, 85, 90
iron oxide 80
K
kinetic molecular theory 44
kinetochore 40
krypton 13
L
Lewis, Gilbert N. 32
‘like dissolves like’ principle 41, 54
lithium 12
M
Manhattan Project 149
matter particulate model 6, 7
alkali metals 26
molecular compound 12
molecules 6, 7, 8, 9, 28, 31, 34, 36, 42, 44, 46, 51, 62, 66, 70, 78, 80, 84, 85, 90, 92, 98, 102, 118, 131, 132, 146
Molina, Mario 94
morphine 112
myosin 128
N
negative charge 12, 16, 28, 36, 40, 42, 85, 132, 138, 140
neon 13
neutralization 64
neutrons 12, 13, 16, 18, 138, 142, 144
nicotine 112
nitrogen 70, 86, 102, 103, 112, 132
nitrous oxide 72
Nobel Prize
in Chemistry
1901 van’t Hoff, Jacobus Henricus 70
1902 Emil Hermann Fischer 124
1913 Alfred Werner 88
1920 Walther Hermann Nernst 78
1943 George de Hevesy 150
1953 Hermann Staudinger 118
1958 Frederick Sanger 134
1980 Paul Berg 134
1983 Henry Taube 70
1996 Harry Kroto, Richard Smalley 96, 98
2000 Hideki Shirakawa 118
in Medicine
1923 Frederick Banting 134
1946 Hermann J. Muller 146
Peace Prize
1962 Linus Pauling 66
in Physics
1915 Bragg, William Lawrence 48
1926 Jean Perrin 14
1965 Richard Feynman 98
nonpolar 36, 41, 122, 126, 128, 132
nuclear fission 138, 142, 144, 148, 149
nucleic acids 132
nuclei 13, 16, 18, 22, 24, 140, 142, 144
O
orbital theory 34
osmotic pressure 41
oxygen 20, 28, 32, 34, 36, 60, 62, 70, 80, 86, 90, 92, 98, 103, 110, 128, 132
P
particle 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 31, 42, 44, 54
Pauling, Linus 28, 34, 36, 48, 66
penicillin 116
periodic table 18, 19, 26, 27, 86, 87
photosynthesis 90
platinum 92
plutonium 142
polar
molecule 36, 40, 41, 123, 128, 132
pollution 70
polonium 140
polymers 102, 106, 118, 122, 126, 128
porcelain 52
positive charge 13, 16, 28, 36, 40, 42, 138, 140, 142
potential energy 58, 62, 74, 106
precipitation 66
progesterone 110
proteins 90, 122, 128, 132, 134
proton 12, 13, 16, 18, 138, 142, 144
Q
quantum mechanics 13, 22, 24, 34
R
radium 140
radon 13
redox reactions 68
reduction 68
rubber 118
rubidium 12
Rutherford, Ernest 16, 140, 148 149
S
Schrödinger’s Cat thought experiment 13, 22
selenium 86
silver 66
sodium chloride 54
sodium chlorine 28
solids 9, 26, 40, 42, 44, 48, 66
artificial sweeteners 108
glucose 124
sucrose 124
supernova 20
T
tellurium 86
telomere 41
testosterone 110
thermodynamics
first law 74
third law 78
thorium 140
tin 86
transition metals 58, 70, 84, 88, 90, 92
U
V
vacuum 51
valence electrons 13, 32, 85, 86
valence bond 34
van der Waals, Johannes Diderik
36, 42
Volta, Alessandro 726, 48, 52, 54, 60, 62, 64, 66
W
water, (also ice) 14, 28, 32, 36, 42, 4, 78, 80, 90, 98, 108, 124, 126, 128, 146
X
xenon 13
Z
zinc 68
Zintl ions 85