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Chemistry at Home
eBook - Exploring the Ingredients in Everyday Products
ISBN/EAN: 9781782626374
Umbreit-Nr.: 216489
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 395 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 06.11.2015
Auflage: 1/2015
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p>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.<br>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.<br>Start reading and stop worrying.<br>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.</p>
- Kurztext
- This accessible book aims to de-mystify the part chemicals play in the products we have in our home and what benefits they bring.