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Bases 76
Basic solution 169
Bathtub ring 173
Benzene epoxide 334
Benzene metabolism 334
Benzo(a)pyrene 115
Berylliosis 37
Beryllium 36
Beta radiation 184
Bhopal chemical disaster
335
Binary molecular
compounds 73
Bioaccumulation 144, 242
Bioaccumulative products
286
Biochemical effect of
toxicants 335
Biochemical oxygen
demand, BOD 168, 177
Biochemistry 2, 127
Bioconcentration 242
Bioconcentration factor
243
Bioconversion to produce
synthetic chemicals 320
Biodegradation 243
Biological feedstocks 307
Biology 225
Biomagnification 180,
241, 295
Biomass energy 153
Biomass feedstocks 307
Biome 234
Biosphere 2, 223, 225
Biosynthesis of polymers
319
Biotoxins 339
Blood, target of toxic
substances 332
BOD, biochemical oxygen
demand 167, 178
Bond energy 65, 140Bond length 65
Bonds, ionic 19
Boron 37
Botulinum toxin 339
Boyle’s law 196
Breeder reactors, nuclear
156
Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis)
274
Bubonic plague 341
Buckeyballs 38
Buckminsterfullerene 38
Buret 99
Butyric acid 118C
Cadmium in water 173
Calcium 48
Calcium acetate 62
Calcium chloride 62
Calcium stearate (from
soap) 56
Calorie 136
Canine olfactory detection
341
Carbamate pesticides 181
Carbaryl 181
Carbofuran 181
Carbohydrate feedstocks
308
Carbohydrates 127
Carbon 38
Carbon black 39, 89
Carbon dioxide in water
168, 176
Carbon dioxide, bonding
68
Carbon dioxide, potential
air pollutant 213
Carbon disulfide in the
atmosphere 214Carbon monoxide toxicant
336
Carbon monoxide, air
pollutant 207
Carbon sequestration 150,
216
Carbon tetrachloride 121
Carbonyl sulfide in the
atmosphere 214
Carboxyhemoglobin 336
Carnot equation 144
Carson, Rachel 8
Cascading failures 329
Catalyst 87, 302
Cathode 91, 298
Cation 19, 55, 58
Cell membranes 228
Cell walls 227
Cell, living 227
Cellular respiration 225
Cellulose 127
Cellulose acetate 317
Cellulose feedstock 315
Cellulose nitrate 316
Cellulose wastes
feedstocks 315
Celsius temperature 195
Central nervous system
232
Cesium-137 195
Chain reaction, nuclear
155
Chain reactions, chemical
200
Charles’ law 195
Chelating agents in water
171
Chemautotrophs 226
Chemical compound 19
Chemical equation 21, 81
Chemical equation,
balanced 21
Chemical reactions 20