Environmental Chemistry

This is the updated fourth edition offering balanced coverage of the environmental chemistry of natural systems.It is an updated new edition. It features an active problem-solving approach throughout. It provides balanced coverage.This is an updated fourth edition presenting a balanced coverage of the environmental chemistry of natural systems, incorporating green chemistry in every chapter. The text offers an active problem-solving approach with exercises incorporated throughout each chapter, as well as a balanced coverage of atmospheric, water and soil chemistry.

ISBN 1429201460   Pages 650 ISBN13 9781429201469 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd   Weight (grammes) 1478 Imprint W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd   Published in New York Format Hardback   Previous ISBN 9780716748779 Publication date 19 Apr 2008   Height (mm) 239 Library of Congress TD192   Width (mm) 197 DEWEY 577.14   Spine width (mm) 37 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Undergraduate

Preface Introduction to Green Chemistry PART I: AIR AND ENERGY Stratospheric Chemistry: The Ozone Layer Ground-Level Air Pollution: Outdoors and Indoors The Detailed Chemistry of the Atmosphere The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming Climate Change in the Future: Predictions, Consequences, and Controls Renewable Energy, Alternative Fuels and the Hydrogen Economy PART II: TOXIC ORGANIC CHEMICALS Pesticides Non-pesticide Toxic Organic Compounds of Environmental Concern PART III: WATER The Chemistry of Natural Waters The Pollution and Purification of Water Toxic Heavy Metals PART IV: SOME OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS Hazardous and Municipal Wastes, and the Contamination of Soils and Sediments Radioactivity, Radon and Nuclear Energy Appendix: Background Organic Chemistry Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Problems Index

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