Nuffield Chemistry: Stage II Background Books

The Nuffield Chemistry Background Books appeared as a series of colourful, highly illustrated, short readers to amplify and extend work done in class. Some of the books described applications of chemistry, others were historical while a few focused on particular chemical ideas. Some of the books featured all these aspects of chemistry.

Themes
There were 18 Background Books for Stage II of the course. These were written for students in the age range 14-16.

Mainly applications:
*Coal
*Making Diamonds
*Petroleum
*Plastics
*Detergents
*Fertilizers and Farm Chemicals
*Man-made Fibres

Mainly historical:
*Dalton and the Atomic Theory
*Humphry Davy
*Inside the Atom
*Michael Faraday
*The Nitrogen Problem
*The Periodic Table
*The Start of X-ray Analysis

Mainly about concepts:
*Dissolving
*Catalysis
*The Structure of Substances
*Radioactive Chemicals

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Man-made Fibres

This is one of the 18 Background Books published for Stage II of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book describes applications of chemistry.

This books includes text and flow diagrams to describe the discovery and production of semi-...

Fertilizers and Farm Chemicals

This is one of the 18 Background Books published for Stage II of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book describes applications of chemistry.

There are 3 parts to this book:
*Part 1: The World Food Problem
This part outlines...

Detergents

This is one of the 18 Background Books published for Stage II of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated designed to be attractive. This book describes applications of chemistry to cleaning.

There are three parts to this book:
*Part 1: Soap
This part explains how...

Petroleum

This is one of the 18 Background Books published for Stage II of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book describes applications of chemistry in the petrochemical industry.

There are three parts to this book:
*Part 1: Petroleum...

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