Contents:
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1- INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMETAL CHEMISTRY ... 1
CHAPTER 2- STRATOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY: THE OZONE LAYER ... 13
CHAPTER 3- GROUND-LEVEL AIR CHEMISTRY AND AIR POLLUTION ... 77
CHAPTER 4- THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT AND GLOBAL WARMING ... 149
CHAPTER 5- BACKGROUND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY ... 193
CHAPTER 6- TOXIC ORGANIC CHEMICALS ... 215
CHAPTER 7- NATURAL WATERS: CONTAMINATION AND PURIFICATION ... 287
CHAPTER 8- NATURAL WATERS: ACID-BASE CHEMISTRY OF THE CARBONATE SYSTEM ... 325
CHAPTER 9- HEAVY METALS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOILS ... 347
CHAPTER 10- ENERGY PRODUCTION AND ITS ENVIRONMETAL CONSEQUENSES ... 395
APPENDIX I- WORLD SCIENTISTS'WARING TO HUMANITY ... 427
APPENDIX II- STEADY-STATE ANALYSIS FOR CONCENTRATIONS ... 433
APPENDIX III- REVIEW OF ACID BASE EQUILIBRIUM PRINCIPLES ... 439
APPENDIX IV- PERIODIC TABLE ... 443
ANSWERS TO SELECTED PROBLEMS ... 445
INDEX ... 451
Colin Baird
Designed specifically for environmental chemistry courses at the intermediate level, Baird’s Environmental Chemistry features a problem-solving approach that builds on student’s knowledge of the principles of general chemistry. It covers a wide range of environmental issues such as the greenhouse effect, variations in the ozone layer, the use of pesticides, toxic organic chemicals, and air and water pollution, encouraging students to examine and quantify the relationship between chemistry and the environment, Written from the viewpoint of a working chemist - and presenting several guest interviews with professionals in the field - it offers the most accessible, straightforward, and contemporary presentation available of environmental issues and the ways in which chemists propose to solve them.
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