Revised Nuffield Advanced Chemistry: Surface Chemistry

Subject(s): Chemistry | Age: Post 16 | Type: Teacher guidance | Textbook | Publication Year: 1980 - 1989

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This was one of the six Special Studies to feature in the Revised Nuffield Advanced Chemistry course. Each student was expected to work through one of the studies in about four weeks. The aim was to show students how chemistry is applied in agriculture, industry, and medicine, and to help them to appreciate that the social and economic aspects of science must be considered.

Purposes of the Special Study
1. To show, by means of examples, the importance of the structure and properties of interfaces in understanding many natural and industrial processes.
2. To survey briefly the wide range of everyday phenomena in which surface chemistry plays an important role.
3. To illustrate the phenomena of surface chemistry by means of a number of simple practical exercises.

Contents
Chapter 1: What is surface chemistry?
Chapter 2: What is in a packet of detergent?
Chapter 3: What is in a tin of paint?
Chapter 4: The physical chemistry of surfaces and dispersed systems
Chapter 5: Further applications of surface chemistry

URL: http://stem.org.uk/rx5h8

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