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Environmental chemistry : a global perspective / Gary W. vanLoon and Stephen J. Duffy.

By: VanLoon, Gary W.
Contributor(s): Duffy, Stephen J.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, c2000Description: xi, 492 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0198564414 (hardcover); 0198564406 (pbk.).Subject(s): Environmental chemistry | Environmental sciencesDDC classification: 628
Contents:
Environmental chemistry: a global perspective -- Part A: The Earth's atmosphere -- The earth's atmosphere -- Stratospheric chemistry - ozone -- Tropospheric chemistry - smog -- Tropospheric chemistry - precipitation -- Atmospheric aerosols -- Chemistry of urban and indoor atmospheres -- The chemistry of global climate -- Part B: The hydrosphere -- The hydrosphere -- Distribution of species in aquatic systems -- Gases in water -- Organic matter in water -- Metals in the hydrosphere -- Environmental chemistry of colloids and surfaces -- Microbiological processes -- Water pollution and waste-water treatment chemistry -- Part C: The terrestrial environment -- The terrestrial environment -- Soil properties -- The chemistry of solid wastes -- Organic biocides -- The future earth.
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This comprehensive text will provide upper level undergraduate students a look at heterogeneous natural systems in the environment. The links between and within the various environmental components --air, water, soil -- are emphasized. There has been insufficient material of this type in existence that supplies both the depth of chemistry needed to explain natural processes and the breadth of material that would present a well rounded introduction to such systems. While the text focuses on basic knowledge and general principles, examples are taken from around the world. The book describes the chemistry of natural environmental systems, their composition and the processes and reactions that operate within and between the various components. Without focusing specifically on pollution, it also discusses ways in which these systems respond to peturbations, either those that are natural or those that are caused by humans. Background material from subjects such as atmospheric science, limnology, and social science is provided in order to establish a setting for a description of relevant chemistry. Because issues of the environment related to every society, care has been taken to relate the subject material to situations in urban and rural areas in both highly industrialized and low-income countries.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Environmental chemistry: a global perspective -- Part A: The Earth's atmosphere -- The earth's atmosphere -- Stratospheric chemistry - ozone -- Tropospheric chemistry - smog -- Tropospheric chemistry - precipitation -- Atmospheric aerosols -- Chemistry of urban and indoor atmospheres -- The chemistry of global climate -- Part B: The hydrosphere -- The hydrosphere -- Distribution of species in aquatic systems -- Gases in water -- Organic matter in water -- Metals in the hydrosphere -- Environmental chemistry of colloids and surfaces -- Microbiological processes -- Water pollution and waste-water treatment chemistry -- Part C: The terrestrial environment -- The terrestrial environment -- Soil properties -- The chemistry of solid wastes -- Organic biocides -- The future earth.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 Environmental chemistry: a global perspective (p. 1)
  • 1.1 The subject matter of this book (p. 5)
  • 1.2 Environmental composition (p. 8)
  • 1.3 Chemical processes (p. 12)
  • 1.4 Anthropogenic effects (p. 16)
  • Part A The Earth's atmosphere (p. 21)
  • 2 The Earth's atmosphere (p. 23)
  • 2.1 Regions of the atmosphere (p. 24)
  • 2.2 Reactions and calculations in atmospheric chemistry (p. 29)
  • 3 Stratospheric chemistry--ozone (p. 42)
  • 3.1 Oxygen-only chemistry--formation and turnover of ozone (p. 45)
  • 3.2 Catalytic decomposition processes of ozone (p. 47)
  • 3.3 Null and holding cycles (p. 55)
  • 3.4 Antarctic and Arctic 'ozone hole' formation (p. 57)
  • 4 Tropospheric chemistry--smog (p. 64)
  • 4.1 Smog (p. 64)
  • 4.2 Photochemical smog (p. 66)
  • 4.3 Exhaust gases from the internal combustion engine (p. 77)
  • 5 Tropospheric chemistry--precipitation (p. 90)
  • 5.1 The composition of rain (p. 90)
  • 5.2 Atmospheric production of nitric acid (p. 93)
  • 5.3 Atmospheric production of sulfuric acid (p. 94)
  • 5.4 Acidifying agents in rain (p. 100)
  • 5.5 Rain, snow, and fog chemistry (p. 102)
  • 5.6 The global picture--sources and sinks (p. 105)
  • 5.7 Control of anthropogenic nitrogen and sulfur emissions (p. 109)
  • 6 Atmospheric aerosols (p. 115)
  • 6.1 Sea spray (p. 118)
  • 6.2 Dust (p. 119)
  • 6.3 Combustion products (p. 120)
  • 6.4 Condensation aerosols (p. 122)
  • 6.5 Aerosol concentrations and lifetimes (p. 126)
  • 6.6 Air pollution control for particulate emissions (p. 129)
  • 7 Chemistry of urban and indoor atmospheres (p. 134)
  • 7.1 Pollutants in the urban atmosphere (p. 135)
  • 7.2 Mexico City (p. 138)
  • 7.3 Indoor air quality (p. 141)
  • 8 The chemistry of global climate (p. 154)
  • 8.1 Composition of the Earth's atmosphere (p. 154)
  • 8.2 Energy balance (p. 156)
  • 8.3 The greenhouse gases and aerosols (p. 161)
  • 8.4 Relative importance of the changes in greenhouse gas concentrations (p. 167)
  • 8.5 Energy resources (p. 169)
  • 8.6 Greenhouse gases associated with use of carbon-based fuels (p. 172)
  • Part B The hydrosphere (p. 185)
  • 9 The hydrosphere (p. 187)
  • 9.1 Physical and chemical properties of water (p. 190)
  • 10 Distribution of species in aquatic systems (p. 199)
  • 10.1 Single-variable diagrams (p. 200)
  • 10.2 Two-variable diagrams: pE/pH diagrams (p. 206)
  • 10.3 Measurements of pE (p. 219)
  • 11 Gases in water (p. 224)
  • 11.1 Simple gases (p. 224)
  • 11.2 Gases that react with water (p. 226)
  • 12 Organic matter in water (p. 239)
  • 12.1 Origins of organic matter in water (p. 240)
  • 12.1 Environmental issues related to aqueous organic matter (p. 242)
  • 12.3 Humic material (p. 253)
  • 13 Metals in the hydrosphere (p. 258)
  • 13.1 Aquo complexes of metals (p. 259)
  • 13.2 Classification of metals (p. 261)
  • 13.3 Three metals--their behaviour in the hydrosphere (p. 270)
  • 13.4 Metal complexes with ligands of anthropogenic origin (p. 275)
  • 13.5 Suspended matter in the hydrosphere (p. 279)
  • 14 Environmental chemistry of colloids and surfaces (p. 282)
  • 14.1 Surface properties of colloidal materials (p. 284)
  • 14.2 Quantitative descriptions of adsorption--I (p. 291)
  • 14.3 Phosphorus environmental chemistry (p. 295)
  • 14.4 Quantitative descriptions of adsorption--II (p. 301)
  • 14.5 Partitioning of small organic solutes between water and soil or sediment (p. 303)
  • 14.6 Colloidal material in the natural environment (p. 310)
  • 15 Microbiological processes (p. 319)
  • 15.1 Classification of microorganisms (p. 320)
  • 15.2 Microbiological processes--the carbon cycle (p. 325)
  • 15.3 Microbiological processes--the nitrogen cycle (p. 337)
  • 15.4 Microbiological processes--the sulfur cycle (p. 343)
  • 16 Water pollution and waste-water treatment chemistry (p. 349)
  • 16.1 Community waste-water treatment chemistry (p. 353)
  • 16.2 Biological processes for removal of phosphorus and nitrogen from waste water (p. 361)
  • 16.3 Anaerobic digestion of sludge (p. 363)
  • Part C The terrestrial environment (p. 367)
  • 17 The terrestrial environment (p. 369)
  • 17.1 Soil formation (p. 370)
  • 18 Soil properties (p. 380)
  • 18.1 Physical properties (p. 380)
  • 18.2 Chemical properties (p. 384)
  • 18.3 Soil profiles (p. 390)
  • 18.4 Environmental properties of soils (p. 395)
  • 19 The chemistry of solid wastes (p. 412)
  • 19.1 Solid wastes from mining and metal production (p. 413)
  • 19.2 Organic wastes (p. 418)
  • 19.3 Mixed urban wastes (p. 426)
  • 20 Organic biocides (p. 438)
  • 20.1 Chemical stability (p. 440)
  • 20.2 Mobility (p. 455)
  • 20.3 Leachability (p. 460)
  • 21 The future earth (p. 465)
  • Appendices (p. 471)
  • Appendix 1 Properties of the Earth (p. 471)
  • Appendix 2 Infrared absorption spectrum of CFC-12 (p. 471)
  • Appendix 3 The elements (p. 472)
  • Appendix 4 Properties of air and water (p. 476)
  • Appendix 5 Area, biomass, and productivity of ecosystem types (p. 476)
  • Appendix 6 Sl prefixes (p. 477)
  • Appendix 7 Fundamental constants (p. 477)
  • Appendix 8 Thermochemical properties of selected elements and compounds (p. 478)
  • Appendix 9 Mean bond enthalpies [Delta]H/kJ mol[superscript -1] at 298 K (p. 481)
  • Appendix 10 Dissociation constants for acids and bases in aqueous solutions at 25[degree]C (p. 482)
  • Appendix 11 Standard redox potentials in aqueous solutions (p. 484)
  • Index (p. 485)

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

It has long been recognized that environmental problems are international in scope, but environmental chemistry works published in the US tend to focus mainly on the situation in this country. The more international approach is one of several excellent features in this book. The organization follows a conventional outline, with separate sections on air, water, and terrestrial pollution, but vanLoon (Queen's Univ., Canada) and Duffy (Mount Allison Univ., Canada) use examples from all over the world. There are a number of other valuable features. Like the previous editions of the book (2nd ed., 2004; 1st ed., 2000), there are both end-of-chapter problems and suggested further readings, and these have been revised by the addition of more recent references and additional problems, some of which are Web-based. The authors include a number of interesting case studies and so-called "Fermi questions," i.e., questions that require a combination of available data, "back-of-the-envelope" calculations, and some reader ingenuity. Brief summary statements of the main points are included from time to time in the text. Overall, this is a well-planned presentation, which should be useful either as a textbook or for individual study. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels of students; professionals/practitioners. H. E. Pence SUNY College at Oneonta

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Gary W.Professor, Department of Chemistry and School of Environmental StudiesvanLoonQueen's University, Ontario.