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Bellows Free Academy

71 South Main Street, St. Albans, VT 05478 (get directions)

P: (802) 527-6555 • F: (802) 527-6453 (contact info)

Chemistry in the Community course B – (chem. 434B)

Course Outline

Mr. Gamm

 

Unit 1: Petroleum- To build or to Burn?

A.     The petroleum industry

B.     Petroleum chemistry

C.     Energy from petroleum

D.     Petrochemicals

 

Unit 2: Chemistry, Air, and Climate

A.     The nature of air

B.     The chemistry of the atmosphere

C.     Climate change

D.     Air pollution

 

Unit 3: Atoms: Nuclear Interactions

A.     The nature of atoms

B.     Nuclear radiation

C.     Using radioactivity

D.     Nuclear energy-benefits and burdens