Index
A
ABS, alkylbenzene
sulfonate 179
Absolute temperature 196
Acetaldehyde 119
Acetic acid 119
Acetone 118
Acetylcholinesterase
enzyme inhibition 338
Acid deposition 210
Acid in rainfall 169
Acid rain 210
Acid-base reaction 60,
167
Acidic solution 74, 169
Acidity in water 176
Acids 74
Activated carbon 30, 38,
186
Activated sludge process
190
Addition polymers 123
Addition reaction 88
Adenine 132
Adenosine triphosphate,
ATP 225
Adipic acid 313
Adiponitrile 322
Aerated water 187
Aerobic organisms 226
Aerobic respiration 87,
140
Aerosols 201
Aerosols, condensation
205
Aerosols, dispersion 205
Air current 203
Albedo 202
Albedo, surface 253
Alcohol 118
Aldehyde 119
Algicides 179
Alkali metals 50
Alkalinity in water 170,
177
Alkanes 111
Alkenes 111, 113, 114
Alkyl benzene sulfonate,
ABS 179
Alkylation 299
Alkynes 111
Alloys 37
Alpha particles 184
Alumina 63
Aluminum 44
Aluminum oxide 63
Amines 120
Amino acids 128
Ammonia fertilizer 266
Ammonia in the
atmosphere 212
Ammonium ions 20
Anaerobic organisms 226
Analytical chemistry 2
Aniline 116
Animalia 226
Anions 19, 55, 58
Anode 91, 299
Anthropocene 5
Anthrosphere 355
Aquatic chemistry 6
Archaebacteria 226
Argon 48
Aromatic compounds 111
Aromatic hydrocarbons
115
Aromaticity 116
Arsenic in water 174
Arsenic, impurity in
phosphorus 46
Asexual reproduction 233
Association colloids 173
Atmosphere 3, 195
Atmospheric chemistry 6,
199
Atom economy 86
in chemical synthesis 11
Atomic mass 18, 29
Atomic mass unit 29
Atomic number 18
Atomic theory 28
Atoms 18, 28
ATP, adenosine
triphosphate 225
Atrazine 182
Autotrophs 226
Avogadro’s law 196
Avogadro’s number 72, 94
B
Bacillus anthracis disease
agent 341
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)
274
Bactericides 179
Baghouses 207
Balanced chemical
equation 22, 82