本教材用英语介绍了一般科技论文的写法，包括标题、摘要、文献等，同时还介绍了从事化学工作的基础知识，如实验室工作的注意事项、安全要求、反应的跟踪、产物分离和表征等；分单元介绍了无机化学、有机化学、物理化学、分析化学、材料化学、环境化学、生物化学、皮革化学、印染化学和药物化学等专业知识。本次修订，对新单词加注了音标，便于读者阅读，为国际交流打下基础；同时在材料化学部分增加电子发光和分子电子材料两部分的内容，以使本教材更贴近学科发展前沿。
本书可作为化学类及其相关专业如轻化工程、环境工程、食品、生物工程等专业的教材，也可作为科技英语的入门读物。

Unit 1 Scientific Paper and Literature
Lesson l Writing a Scientific Paper
Lesson 2 The Abstract
Lesson 3 The Introduction, the Body and the Conclusions
Lesson 4 Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research
Lesson 5 The Chemical Literature
Lesson 6 Technical Communications for Graduate Students
Unit 2 Work in Chemical Laboratory
Lesson 7 General Instructions for Work in the Laboratory
Lesson 8 The Importance of Record Keeping
Lesson 9 A General Safety Considerations
Unit 3 Nomenclature
Lesson 10 Nomenclature of Organic Compounds
Lesson 11 Nomenclature of Inorganic Compounds
Unit 4 Elementary Techniques of Experiment
Lesson 12 Reaction Monitoring
Lesson 13 Some Methods of Separation
Lesson 14 Characterization
Unit 5 Inorganic Chemistry
Lesson 15 Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry
Lesson 16 Coordination Chemistry
Unit 6 Analytical Chemistry
Lesson 17 Introduction of Analytical Chemistry
Lesson 18 Electronic Effects of Substituents in Reactions, Acidity Constant Determination
Lesson 19 Forensic Chemistry: Detecting Traces of Blood
Lesson 20 Standard Test Method for Water in Liquid Petroleum Products by Karl Fischer Reagent
Lesson 21 Isolation of an Alkaloid: Caffeine
Unit 7 Physical Chemistry
Lesson 22 First Law of Thermodynamics
Lesson 23 Enthalpy
Lesson 24 Bond Energies
Lesson 25 Second Law of Thermodynamics
Lesson 26 Heat of Reaction: Measurement of Resonance Energy
Lesson 27 Kinetic and Thermodynamic Reaction Conditions
Lesson 28 Electrochemistry
Lesson 29 Asymmetric Synthesis
Lesson 30 Linus Pauling
Lesson 31 Surfactants
Unit 8 Organic Chemistry
Lesson 32 Cyclohexylmethanol
Lesson 33 Methyl Red
Lesson 34 Addition across Carbon-Carbon-Bonds
Lesson 35 Discovery of the Diels-Alder Reaction
Lesson 36 Discovery of the Friedel-Crafts Reaction
Lesson 37 The Wittig Reaction
Lesson 38 Grignard and the Beginnings of Modern Organometallic Chemistry
Lesson 39 Discovery of Stereoisomers
Lesson 40 Natural Products
Unit 9 Biochemistry
Lesson 41 Biochemical Engineering, Cells and Bacteria
Lesson 42 Emil Fischer: Carbohydrate Chemist Extraordinaire
Lesson 43 Biological Treatment of the Effluent
Unit 10 Materials Science
Lesson 44 Polymers
Lesson 45 Discovery of Polyethylene and Nylon
Lesson 46 Corrosion and Process Safety
Lesson 47 Organic Light Emitting Devices
Lesson 48 Molecular Electronics
Unit 11 Water Treatment and Environmental Science
Lesson 49 Activated Sludge Processes
Lesson 50 Coagulation and Flocculation
Lesson 51 Reverse Osmosis
Lesson 52 Water and Wastewater Treatment Methods
Lesson 53 Water Supply
Lesson 54 Clean Energy for 10 Billion Humans in the 21st Century: Is it Possible
Unit 12 Pharmacy
Lesson 55 Discovery of Sulfa Drugs
Lesson 56 Medical Diagnostics via Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Unit 13 Chemistry and Engineering of Textiles
Lesson 57 Textiles
Lesson 58 Textile Fibers
Lesson 59 Fiber Properties
Lesson 60 Physical Properties of Cotton
Lesson 61 Sizing Ingredients
Lesson 62 Desizing
Lesson 63 Scouring
Lesson 64 Bleaching
Lesson 65 Mercerization
Lesson 66 Carbonizing and Singeing
Lesson 67 Textile Dyeing Processes
Lesson 68 Classification of Dyestuffs
Lesson 69 Textile Printing
Lesson 70 Fabric Finishing
Unit 14 Leather
Lesson 71 Leather—Extraordinary Product of Nature
Lesson 72 Hide and Skin Structure
Lesson 73 Leather Testing
Appendix
Appendix 1 Common Glassware Names
Appendix 2 Common Chemical Abbreviation
Appendix 3 Speaking of Common Molecular Formulas, Equations, Mathermatical Symbols and Greek Alphabet
Appendix 4 The Periodic Table of Elements
Appendix 5 Periodic Chart of Amino Acids
Appendix 6 The Elements Song
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