Chemistry for the Life Sciences, Second Edition, Sutton 9781138406896 New..

Name: Chemistry for the Life Sciences, Second Edition, Sutton 9781138406896 New..
Brand: CRC Press

CRC Press

Presents various aspects of chemistry that developing life scientists need to understand biochemical and biomedical research. This book contains chapters on: Water, covering the mole concept and colloids; Gases, discussing pressure, gas laws, partial pressure, solubility of gases, and diffusion; and, Metals in biology. > \nPresents short topics tied to numerical or conceptual ideas, reinforced with worked examples and questions \nRetaining the user-friendly style of the first edition, this text is designed to eliminate the knowledge gap for those life sciences students who have not studied chemistry at an advanced level. It contains new chapters on \uFFFD \n\uFFFD Water, covering the mole concept and colloids \n\uFFFD Gases, discussing pressure, gas laws, partial pressure, solubility of gases, and diffusion \n\uFFFD Metals in biology, including properties, oxygen carriers, biocatalysis, charge carriers, and toxicity \nThe authors divide their analysis of carbon compounds into two .