周光明主编的《化学专业英语(21世纪高等学校专业英语教材)》选取了富有代表性的化学化工文献为材料，内容丰富，取材有代表性和前沿性。本书是一本难得的化学专业英语资料，适合综合性大学、师范大学及其他本科院校化学化工专业的师生使用或参考。

Unit 1 Inorganic Chemistry
1 What Is Chemistry
2 The Atomic Theory and the Periodic Table
3 Acids and Bases
4 Nomenclature of Inorganic Compounds (I)
5 Nomenclature of Inorganic Compounds (II)
6 Nomenclature of Coordination Compounds
Unit 1 Exercises
Unit 2 Analytical Chemistry
7 Introduction to Analytical Chemistry
8 Qualitative Analyses for Metallic Elements
9 Atomic Absorption and Fluorescence Analytical Techniques
10 Molecular Fluorescence Spectroscopy
11 Nuclear Maanetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy
Unit 2 Exercises
Unit 3 Organic Chemistry
12 Nomenclature of Saturated Hydrocarbons and Their Radicals
13 Nomenclature of Unsaturated Compounds and Univalent Radicals
14 Nomenclature of Other Organic Compounds
15 The Benzilic Acid Rearrangement
Unit 3 Exercises
Unit 4 Physical Chemistry
16 The First Law of Thermodynamics
17 Spontaneity, Enthalpy and Entropy
18 Some Commercial Voltaic Cells
19 Kinetic - Molecular Theory
Unit 4 Exercises
Unit 5 Other Branch of Chemistry
20 Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry
21 Introductions to Green Chemistry
22 Catalysis
23 How to Write a Paper in Scientific Journal - Style and Format
Unit 5 Exercises
Appendix
1 化学诺贝尔奖获得者及其贡献(1901—2014)
2 化学元素表
3 化学元素名称词源学
4 实用英语构词法
5 无机化学术语
6 有机化学术语
7 分析化学术语
8 一些特殊有机化合物的命名
9 常用有机词尾英汉对照表
10 物理化学术语汉英对照
11 仪器及方法名称中英文对照
12 科技术语缩略语
13 某些结构的读法
14 普通玻璃仪器名称