Environmental Chemistry
Principles and Practices
Environmental Chemistry
Principles and Practices
This compact textbook book on environmental chemistry written for chemists and engineers covers the most important aspects of the topic: sustainability of processes, proper waste disposal, ethical decision making and green chemistry. Along these lines, the authors discuss issues of earth, water, air, fossil and alternative energy, and environmental toxicity.
<p>Advanced Chemistry Needed for Environmental Chemistry<br>- Analytical Chemistry, Instrumental Methods <br>- Statistical Analysis<br>- Organic Chemistry Overview for Environmental Applications<br>- Equilibrium and Redox<br>- Green Chemistry </p> <p>Earth<br>- Natural Pollutants <br>- Land Reclamation<br>- Brownfields<br>- Hydrophobic Materials, and Sorption <br>- Organic Materials<br>- PAHs<br>- Plastics and Plasticizers<br>- CFCs<br>- PCBs<br>- Pesticides <br>- Metals </p> <p>Water<br>- Basics<br>- Desalination<br>- Reclamation and Remediation <br>- Chelation <br>- Ocean Acidification</p> <p>Air<br>- Air Components <br>- Greenhouse Effect <br>- Ozone Layer, Ozone Holes<br>- Smog (NOx, SOx)<br>- Particulate Matter<br>- Carbon Sequestration </p> <p>Energy<br>- Fossil<br>- Coal<br>- Oil<br>- Fracking <br>- Wood <br>- Nuclear<br>- Renewables<br>- Solar<br>- Wind<br>- Geothermal<br>- Hydro<br>- Batteries <br>- Climate Change</p> <p>Toxicity<br>- Natural Pollutants<br>- Anthropogenic Pollutants<br>- Persistence<br>- Bioaccumulation/ Bio-augmentation <br>- Measurements <br></p>
Rihana-Abdallah, Alexa N.
Benvenuto, Mark Anthony
Roberts-Kirchhoff, Elizabeth S.
| ISBN | 9783110443301 |
|---|---|
| Artikelnummer | 9783110443301 |
| Medientyp | Buch |
| Copyrightjahr | 2024 |
| Verlag | De Gruyter |
| Umfang | X, 300 Seiten |
| Abbildungen | 100 b/w and 150 col. ill., 50 b/w tbl. |
| Sprache | Englisch |
