Environmental Chemistry
Fifth Edition
Publication Date: March 23, 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 9781464113499
Pages: 736
Brings the study of environmental chemistry into balance.
PART I: ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND AIR POLLUTION
Stratospheric Chemistry: the Ozone Layer
The Ozone Holes
The Chemistry of Ground-Level Air Pollution
The Environmental and Health Consequences of Polluted Air
Outdoors and Indoors
PART II: ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
The Greenhouse Effect
Energy Use, Fossil Fuels, CO2 Emissions, and Global Climate Change
Biofuels and Other Alternative Fuels
Renewable Energy Technologies: Hydroelectric, Wind, Solar, Geothermal, and Marine Energy and Their Storage
Radioactivity, Radon, and Nuclear Energy
PART III: WATER CHEMISTRY AND WATER POLLUTION
The Chemistry of Natural Waters
The Pollution and Purification of Water
Toxic Heavy Metals
PART IV: TOXIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
Pesticides
Dioxins, Furans and PCBs
Other toxic Organic Compounds of Environmental Concern
PART V: ENVIRONMENT AND THE SOLID STATE
Wastes, Soils, and Sediments
PART VI: ADVANCED ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
The Detailed Free-Radical Chemistry of the Atmosphere
Appendix A: Oxidation Numbers and Redox Equation Balancing Reviewed
Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems
Index