A Chemical Background for the Paramedical Science HB

• Hardback Book by Gerald F. Grillot
• Over 590 pages
• Second Edition
• Copyright © 1964, 1974 by Gerald F. Grillot

Contents includes:

" Preface
Foreword to the Student

1. Introduction to the Study of Chemistry

2. Some Fundamental Concepts of Chemistry

3. Atomic Structure, Compound Formation, and Valence

4. Oxygen and Combustion

5. Chemical Arithmetic, Gas Laws, and the Kinetic-Molecular Theory of Gases

6. Hydrogen and Its Oxides: Water and Hydrogen Peroxide

7. Solutions and Methods of Expressing Concentrations in Solutions

8. Chemical Equilibrium

9. Ionization; Acids, Bases, and Salts; and Nomenclature of Inorganic Compounds

10. Hydrogen Ion Concentration, pH, and Buffer Solutions

11. Some Important Nonmetals and Their Compounds

12. Oxidation-Reduction Reactions

13. Colloidal Substances

14. Radioactivity and Its Biological Applications

15. An Introduction to Organic Chemistry

16. Aliphatic Hydrocarbons

17. Alcohols, Ethers, Alkyl Halides, and Polyhalides

18. Aliphatic Aldehydes and Ketones

19. Organic Acids and Esters

20. Lipids, Fats and Oils, and Soaps

21. Carbohydrates

22. Some Simple Nitrogen-Containing Organic Compounds

23. Cyclic Organic Compounds

24. Proteins

25. Enzymes

26. The Chemistry of Digestion

27. Metabolism of Carbohydrates, Fats, and Proteins and Energy Metabolism

28. Photosynthesis and the Biosynthesis of the Carbohydrates

29. The Structure and Biological Role of the Nucleic Acids

30. The Urine in Health and Disease

31. The Chemistry of Blood and Respiration

32. Inorganic Metabolism

33. Vitamins

34. Hormones

Answers to Problems and Selected Study Questions
Reference Texts and Films
Appendix A. Mathematical Operations
Appendix B. The Calculation of the pH of a Buffer
Appendix C. Metric-English and Other Conversion Factors
Index "

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