ChemCom 是由美国化学会(ACS)主持编写的、社会中心的著名化学教材,在国际上影响颇广。本文介绍的版本为第二版。该版本共分8章,各选取一个意义重大的课题为主题,分别为:水、资源、石油、食物、核化学、气候、健康、化学工业。它摒弃了以学科知识为中心编排内容的传统,而是以社会问题为中心,立足于化学知识的应用,力图通过强调化学对社会的影响来提高学生的 ChemCom is a well-known chemistry textbook prepared by the American Chemical Society (ACS). It has a wide international influence. The version introduced in this article is the second edition. This version is divided into 8 chapters, each of which selects a topic of major significance: water, resources, petroleum, food, nuclear chemistry, climate, health, and chemical industries. It abandons the tradition of arranging content centered on subject knowledge, but focuses on social issues, and based on the application of chemical knowledge, it seeks to improve students’ influence by emphasizing the influence of chemistry on society.