Introduction

1 Planet Earth 1

2 The nature of matter 21

3 Elements and compounds 55

4 Chemical reactions 89

5 Acids, bases and salts 119

6 Quantitative chemistry 151

7 How far? How fast? 174

8 Patterns and properties of metals 206

9 Industrial inorganic chemistry 226

10 Organic chemistry 252

11 Petrochemicals and polymers 275

12 Chemical analysis and investigation 296