Green Chemistry and the Ten Commandments

Index 373

Methylamine 120
Methylmercury 244
Methyltertiarybutyl ether
118
Micelles 172
Micronutrients, soil 267
Mineralization 190, 244
Minerals 252
Minicourse, chemistry 17
Mining 258
Mists, atmospheric 206
Mitochondria 228
Mixture 22
homogeneous 22
heterogeneous 22
Moderator in nuclear
reactors 155
Molar mass 73, 95
Mole 72
Mole ratio method 95
Molecular formulas, 112
Molecular messengers 232
Molecular structure 55
Monarch butterflies 275
Monosaccharides 127
Multiple proportions, law
of 29
Municipal refuse 259
Municipal water 185
Mustard oil 337
Mutagens 233
Mutations 233

N

Naphthalene 115
Neon 42
from the atmosphere 205
Nerve gas 338
Nerve impulses 232
Nervous system 232
Nervous system, target of
toxic substances 332

Neutral solution 169

Neutralization reaction 76,

90

Neutron 27

Nicotine insecticide 181

Nitrate ion in water 176

Nitric oxide 209

Nitrite ion in water 176

Nitrogen 40

from air 40

in the atmosphere 204

Nitrogen cycle 41

Nitrogen dioxide 66

Nitrogen oxides in the

atmosphere 209

Nitromethane 120

Nitrosamines 120

Nitrous oxide 209

Noble gas 33

Nuclear energy 155

Nuclear fusion energy

source 157

Nuclear reaction 137

Nucleic acids 131

Nucleoid 227

Nucleotides 131

Nucleus of atoms 14

Nucleus, cell 228

Nutrient proteins 129

Nutrients 231

Nylon 123, 313

O

Octet of electrons 43

Octet rule 43, 57

exceptions 69

Oklahoma City terrorist

attack 329

Organelles 224

Organic chemicals 109

Organic chemistry 2, 38,

109

Organic compounds 38

Organic water pollutants

177

Organisms 225, 226

Organochlorine

insecticides 180

Organohalide compounds

121

Organometallic

compounds 174

Organonitrogen

compounds 119

Organophosphate

insecticides 180

Organophosphorus

compounds 122

Organophosphorus nerve

gases 338

Organosulfur compounds

122

Organs 225

Outer electron 35

Outer shell 35

Oxidation 297

Oxidation-reduction

reaction 90

reactions in water 167

Oxidized (lithium metal)

36

Oxidizers 295

Oxidizing agent 91

Oxygen 41

dissolved in water 168

in the atmosphere 204

Oxygen demanding

substances in water 178

Ozone, water treatment

187

P

Parathion 122

Particulate emissions 207