本书是在第一版的基础上修订而成的。本书内容涉及无机化学、分析化学、环境化学、环境工程、有机化学、物理化学、材料化学等。本书内容丰富，取材有代表性和前沿性，也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。

1 What Is Chemistry?

2 More about Chemistry as the Useful Science

3 The Atomic Theory and The Periodic Table

4 Acids and Bases

5 Nomenclature of Inorganic Compounds (Ⅰ)

6 Nomenclature of Inorganic Compounds (Ⅱ)

7 Nomenclature of Coordination Compounds

8 Introduction to Analytical Chemistry

9 Qualitative Analyses for Metallic Elements

10 Atomic Absorption and Fluorescence Analytical Techniques

11 Capillary Electrophoresis and Capillary Electrochromatography

12 Molecular Fluorescence Spectroscopy

13 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy

14 Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry

15 Nomenclature of Saturated Hydrocarbons and Their Radicals

16 Nomenclature of Unsaturated Compounds and Univalent Radicals 

17 Nomenclature of Other Organic Compounds

18 The Benzilic Acid Rearrangement

19 The First Law of Thermodynamics

20 Spontaneity, Enthalpy and Entropy

21 Some Commercial Voltaic Cells

22 Empirical Approaches to Kinetics

23 Applications of Nuclear Structure

24 Introductions to Green Chemistry

25 Catalysis

26 Kinetic- Molecular Theory

27 The Nobel Prize in CherrIistry 2002 

28 How to Write a Paper In Soierltific Journal-Style and Format 

Appendix 1 化学诺贝尔奖获得者及其贡献(1901－2007)

Appendix 2 化学元素表

Appendix 3 实用英语构词法

Appendix 4 无机化学术语

Appendix 5 有机化学术语

Appendix 6 分析化学术语

Appendix 7 一些特殊有机化合物的命名

Appendix 8 醇、酚、醚、醛、酮、酸、酯、酐、腈的命名

Appendix 9 常用有机词尾英汉对照表

Appendix 10 物理化学术语汉英对照

Appendix 11 仪器及方法名称中英文对照

Appendix 12 科技术语缩略语

Appendix 13 某些结构的读法

Appendix 14 普通玻璃仪器名称