本书是根据全国中等专业学校《英语教学大纲》编写的。全书共26课由三个部分组成；**部分5篇课文以科技英语文体与日常英语文体相互对应的形式，着重讲解科技英语文体的主要特点及与日常英语文体的区别；第二部分5篇课文反映科技英语的特点，为进一步学习专业英语打好基础；第三部分由16篇化学、化工专业英语课文构成，着重培养学生的英文文献阅读能力和翻译能力。
本书适合于化学、工业分析、化学工艺、高分子材料、技术经济等专业的专业英语教学，亦可作为化工企事单位有关技术人员的参考用书。

lesson 1 temperature
lesson 2 diffusion
lesson 3 carbon dioxide and respiration
lesson 4 natural and synthetic rubber
lesson 5 solutions,suspensions and colloids
lesson 6 solids,liquids and gases
lesson 7 elements and compounds
lesson 8 the gases in the air
lesson 9 pressure
lesson 10 application of computers in chemical engineering
lesson 11 steady flow
lesson 12 different methods of heat transfer
lesson 13 distillation
lesson 14 plate column
lesson 15 chemical technology
lesson 16 synthetic ammonia production
lesson 17 plastics
lesson 18 pyrolysis processes for production of ethylene and propylene
lesson 19 catalyst
lesson 20 reyurn on investment
lesson 21 the complete plant
lesson 22 chemical analysis
lesson 23 steps in analysis
lesson 24 iodometry-an indirecy method
lesson 25 edta titration procedure
lesson 26 the assessment of the heavy metal pollution in a river
Estuary(Ⅰ)
Reading Material:The Assessment of the Heavy Metal Pollution in a Rvier Estary(Ⅱ)
Conferences