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Reactions : the private life of atoms / by Peter Atkins.

by Atkins, P. W. (Peter William), 1940-

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Oxford University Press, 2011.

Chemical reactions.

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viii, 191 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

The basic tools. A preliminary remark : water and friends ; Matter falling out ; Give and take ; Burns night ; Back to basics ; Two hands clapping ; Electric occurrence ; The generation game ; The death of metal ; Civil partnerships ; Changing partners ; Marriage broking ; Divorce and reconciliation -- Assembling the workshop. Stringing along ; Snapping together ; Missile deployment ; Electronic warfare ; Fasteners ; Zippers ; Adding up ; Taking away ; Carbon footprints ; Networking opportunities -- Making light work. Dark matter ; Irritating atmospheres ; Seeing the light ; Green chemistry -- Building by design. Food for thought ; Grand designs -- Economizing.

Peter Atkins explains the processes involved in chemical reactions. He begins by introducing a tool kit of basic reactions, such as precipitation, corrosion and catalysis, and concludes by showing how these building blocks are brought together in complex processes.

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