Chemistry: Foundations and Applications

An encyclopedic approach to chemistry, its laws, processes, applications and subdisciplines, and its many branches including inorganic, industrial, atmospheric and computational chemistry as well as biotechnology, this volume also includes biographies of scientists, past and present; a history of the field up to modern research; practical applications and topical essays on the role of chemistry in various aspects of everyday life. The articles range from brief, concise definitions to extensive overviews of key concepts.