ChemCases.com Curriculum Supplements link to the chemical concepts of second semester General Chemistry. Each instructional unit offers a case study on the issues of chemistry and society.
Chemical Concepts |
ChemCases.Com Opportunity
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Issues of Chemistry
in Society
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| Liquids, Intermolecular Properties |
Low Cohesive Forces in Refrigerant Liquids,
Olestra
Alcohol |
Institutional choices in food and diet.
Abuse of substances |
| Solutions |
Gatorade Formulation as an Isotonic Solution,
Alcohol |
Ownership, Ethics of Testing.
Abuse of substances |
| Chemical Kinetics |
Silicones, Refrigerants
Olestra |
Medical Decision making |
| Thermodynamics |
Thermodynamics
and the Preparation of
Silicon, Gatorade
Fuels
Tetraethyllead
Converter |
Safety and efficacy of medical Implants.
Difficulty of Epidemiological Research.
Environment vs. industrial efficiency, human comfort. |
| Equilibrium Reactions/Acid-Base |
Drug Pathways and Chemical Concepts |
Drug Abuse |
| Group 1-4 Elements |
Silicones |
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| Group 5-8 Elements |
Refrigerants |
Good Business Ethics, Clash of Environmental Objectives |
| Transition Metals |
Cisplatin - The Development of a Cancer Drug , Nuclear Chemistry |
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| Electrochemistry |
Cisplatin - The Development of a Cancer Drug ,
Fuel Cells |
Drug efficacy,
Political decisions on energy |
| Oxidation-Reduction |
Cisplatin - The Development of a Cancer Drug |
Drug Efficacy vs. Side Effects |
| Organic and Biochemistry Review |
Nutrasweet Case as Introduction to Organic Chemistry
Drug Pathways and Chemical Concepts |
Public Perceptions of Toxicity, Ability to Determine Safety |
| Nuclear Chemistry Topics/Nuclear Discussions |
Nuclear Chemistry in Our Lives
Olestra |
Waste Disposal, Nuclear Proliferation |
