Access to chemistry /

Includes index.

Building blocks of matter -- Chemical bonding in materials -- Different types of chemical reaction -- Quantitative aspects of chemical reactions -- Chemical reactions, equilibrium and energy changes -- Compunds of carbon 1 -- Compunds of carbon 2 : organic compounds containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen.

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