Chemistry of the environment / Ronald A. Bailey ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bailey, R. A. (Ronald Albert), 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental chemistry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (861 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Emphasizing new science essential to the practice of environmental chemistry at the beginning of the new millennium, this book describes the atmosphere as a distinct sphere of the environment and the practice of industrial ecology as it applies to chemical science. It includes extensive coverage of nuclear chemistry, covering both natural environmental sources and anthropogenic sources, their impacts on health, and their role in energy production, that goes well beyond the newspaper coverage to discuss nuclear chemistry and disposal in a balanced and scientifically rational way.* This

Contents:

Front Cover; CHEMISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 General; 1.2 Pollution and Environment Problems; 1.3 Waste Disposal; 1.4 Risk; 1.5 Energy; 1.6 Population; 1.7 The Scope of Chemistry of the environment; Additional Reading; Chapter 2. ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND BEHAVIOR; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Gaseous Constituents of the Atmosphere; 2.3 History of the Atmosphere; 2.4 Particulate Constituents of the Atmosphere; 2.5 Extent of the Atmosphere and Its Temperature and Pressure Profile

2.6 General Circulation of the Atmosphere2.7 Conclusion; Additional Reading; Exercises; Chapter 3. ENERGY AND CLIMATE; 3.1 Energy Balance of the Earth; 3.2 Climate History of the Earth; 3.3 Causes of Global Climate Changes; 3.4 Small-Scale Climate; 3.5 Temperature Inversions; 3.6 Conclusions; Additional Reading; Exercises; Chapter 4. PRINCIPLES OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Electromegnetic Rediation; 4.3 Kinetics of Thermal Processes; 4.4 Kinetics of Photochemical Processes; Chapter 5. ATMOSPHERIC PHOTOCHEMISTRY; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Reactions in the Upper Atmosphere

5.3 Photoprocesses in the Troposphere: Photochemical SmogAdditional Reading; Exercises; Chapter 6. PETROLEUM, HYDROCARBONS, AND COAL; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The Nature of Petroleum; 6.3 Sources of Crude Oil and Hydrocarbons in Marine Environments; 6.4 Fate of an Oil Spill; 6.5 Effects of Crude Oil on Marine Life; 6.6 Use to Petroleum in the Internal Combustion Engine; 6.7 Sources of Hydrocarbons and Related Compounds in the Atmosphere; 6.8 The Air Pollution Problem in Urban Centers; 6.9 Coal; Additional Reading; Exercises; Chapter 7. SOAPS, SYNTHETIC SURFACTANTS, AND POLYMERS; 7.1 Introduction

7.2 Soaps and Synthetic Surfactants7.3 Polymers; 7.4 Conclusions; Additional Reading; Exercises; Chapter 8. HALOORGANICS AND PESTICIDES; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Environmental Degradation; 8.3 Chemistry of Chlorinated Organic Compounds; 8.4 Microbial Degradation of Organics; 8.5 Toxicity; 8.6 Chlorofluorocarbons, Hydrofluorocarbons, and Perhalogenated Organics; 8.7 Polychlorinted and Polybromineted Biphenyls; 8.8 DDT and Its Degradation Products; 8.9 Other Chlorooganic Pesticides; 8.10 Herbicides: 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid and 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid

8.11 Organophosphorus Insecticides8.12 Resistance: The Bugs Flight Back; 8.13 Biochemical Methods of Insect Control; 8.14 Integrated Pest Management; 8.15 Proposed Phaseout of All Chlorine-Containing Compounds; Additional Reading; Exercises; Chapter 9. CHEMISTRY IN AQUEOUS MEDIA; 9.1 Whater in the Environment; 9.2 Acid-Base Reactions; 9.3 Effects of Temperature and Pressure Effects on Equilibrium; 9.4 Oxidation-Reduction Processes; 9.5 Coordination Chemistry; 9.6 Colloidal Material; 9.7 Adsorption and Ion Exchange; 9.8 Conclusion; Additional Reading; Exercises

Chapter 10. THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY OF SOME IMPORTANT ELEMENTS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-05317-1

9786611053178

0-08-048847-1

OCLC:

171131426