ABSTRACT

Instant Notes in Chemistry for Biologists is a concise book for undergraduates who have a limited background in chemistry.  This book covers the main concepts in chemistry, provides simple explanations of chemical terminology, and illustrates underlying principles and phenomena in the life sciences with clear biological examples.  Building on the success of the first edition, the second edition has been fully revised and updated and comprises new sections on water as a biological solvent, inorganic molecules and biological macromolecules.

chapter |80 pages

Section A – The elements

chapter |4 pages

Section G – Some metals in biology

chapter |102 pages

IRON

chapter |18 pages

Section N – Aqueous behavior

RONSTEAD ACID AND BASE

chapter |2 pages

Section O – Elementary thermodynamics

chapter |7 pages

FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

chapter |23 pages

GIBBS FREE ENERGY

chapter |30 pages

Section Q – Spectroscopy

chapter |8 pages

MASS SPECTROMETRY