Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #822514 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-19
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 650 pages

From the Publisher
Review and Contents
Reviews:

'This book tackles head on the topics currently hitting the headlines: the ozone hole, urban smog, global warming and so on. It shows how environmental problems touch all our lives and that, while 'chemicals' are often blamed, it is an understanding of chemistry that enables such problems to be solved.' New Scientist

Contents:

Introduction to Environmental Chemistry

PART 1. AIR AND ENERGY

Stratospheric Chemistry: The Ozone Layer

Ground-Level Air Chemistry and Air Pollution

The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming

Current and Future Energy Use, CO2 Emissions and Their Environmental Consequences

PART 2. TOXIC SUBSTANCES

Toxic Organic Chemicals

Toxic Heavy Metals

PART 3. WATER

The Chemistry of Natural Waters

The Purification of Polluted Water

PART4. WASTE AND CONTAMINATED SOIL MANAGEMENT

Hazardous and Municipal Wastes and the Contamination of Soil and Sediments

Appendix: Background Organic Chemistry

Answers to Selected Problems

Index

About the Author
COLIN BAIRD, University of Western Ontario, USA

MICHAEL CANN, University of Scranton, USA