Stage III Background Books
The Nuffield Chemistry Background Books appeared as a series of colourful, highly illustrated, short readers to amplify and extend work done in class. Some of the books described applications of chemistry, others were historical while a few focused on particular chemical ideas.
Themes
This collection includes 5 'extra' Background Books in addition to the 9 that were written to fit closely with the content of Stage III of the Sample Scheme. These readers were written for students in the age range 15-16. Some of the details are now out of date because these readers were published in the 1960s but the historical sections are still interesting.
Applications:
• Chemical Engineering
• Colloids
• Colour
• Corrosion
• Metals and Alloys
• Pictures in Silver
• Sulphuric acid
• Water
Historical:
• Drugs and Medicines
• The Discovery of the Inert Gases
• The Way of Discovery
Concepts and skills:
• Atoms into Ions
• Chemistry and Electricity
• What is an Acid
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Chemical Engineering
This is one of the 14 Background Books published for Stage III of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book starts with a story of the discovery of a new solvent and the stages in the development of a new process to make it on a large scale. The book ends…
Colloids
This is one of the 14 Background Books published for Stage III of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book describes applications of chemistry. There are three parts to this book: • Part 1: The properties of colloids Covering, diffusion, Brownian motion,…
Colour
This is one of the 14 Background Books published for Stage III of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book describes developments in the applications of chemistry but takes an historical approach in some sections. There are two parts to this book: •…
Corrosion
This is one of the 14 Background Books published for Stage III of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book describes applications of chemistry to solve practical problems. There are three parts to this book: • Part 1: What is corrosion? The rusting…
Metals and Alloys
This is one of the 14 Background Books published for Stage III of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book describes applications of chemistry. There are four parts to this book: • Part 1: Extraction of metals The extraction of aluminium, copper and…
Pictures in Silver
This is one of the 14 Background Books published for Stage III of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book describes developments in photography It long before the modern era of digital photography. The main topics are: • the importance of photography…
Sulphuric Acid
This is one of the 14 Background Books published for Stage III of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book describes the production and use of an industrially important acid.. There are four parts to this book: • Part 1: A history Methods of making…
Water
This is one of the 14 Background Books published for Stage III of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book highlights the importance of water and explains key ideas related to its chemistry. There are five parts to this book: • Part 1: Chemical and…
Drugs and Medicines
This is one of the 14 Background Books published for Stage III of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book traces some of the key developments in the uses of chemicals in medicine. The main topics are: • the early history of medicine • the relief…
The Discovery of the Inert Gases
This is one of the 14 Background Books published for Stage III of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book is historical and traces the discovery of the group of elements that we now call the ‘noble gases’. There are three parts to this book: •…
The Way of Discovery
This is one of the 14 Background Books published for Stage III of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book consists of a series of articles about scientists who won the Nobel Prize between 1929 and 1967. The stories illustrate a variety of aspects of how science…
Atoms into Ions
This is one of the 14 Background Books published for Stage III of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book is an account of concepts related to oxidation and reduction,. There are three parts to this book: • Part 1:The theory of oxidation Oxidation…
Chemistry and Electricity
This is one of the 14 Background Books published for Stage III of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book introduces thermodynamic concepts and applies them the a variety of types of chemicals cells. There are seven parts to this book: • Part 1:…
What Is an Acid?
This is one of the 14 Background Books published for Stage III of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book is mainly an account of theories of acidity with examples to explain the importance of acids. There are two parts to this book: • Part 1: Defining…
Periodicity and Atomic Structure
This booklet was written to support the Periodicity and Atomic Structure option in the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme Stage III: A Course of Options. The booklet starts with an account of atomic structure which is then related to the periodic table and leads on to a discussion of the periodicity of properties of the elements. Contents Part…
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Resource by: Longman
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The collection is part of Nuffield Foundation,Longman
- Nuffield Chemistry
- Stage III Background Books
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