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Elements of environmental chemistry / Ronald A. Hites, Jonathan D. Raff.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: CourseSmartPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2012.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (xiii, 339 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781118309896
  • 1118309898
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Elements of environmental chemistry.DDC classification:
  • 577/.14 23
LOC classification:
  • TD193 .H58 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Simple tool skills -- 1.1. Unit conversions -- 1.2. Estimating -- 1.3. Ideal gas law -- 1.4. Stoichiometry -- 1.5. Problem set -- 2. Mass balance and kinetics -- 2.1. Steady-state mass balance -- 2.2. Non-steady-state mass balance -- 2.3. Chemical kinetics -- 2.4. Problem set -- 3. Atmospheric chemistry -- 3.1. Atmospheric structure -- 3.2. Light and photochemistry -- 3.3. Atmospheric oxidants -- 3.4. Kinetics of atmospheric reactions -- 3.5. Stratospheric ozone -- 3.6. Smog -- 3.7. Problem set -- 4. Climate change -- 4.1. Historical perspective -- 4.2. Blackbody radiation and earth's temperature -- 4.3. Absorption of infrared radiation -- 4.4. Greenhouse effect -- 4.5. Earth's radiative balance -- 4.6. Aerosols and clouds -- 4.7. Radiative forcing -- 4.8. Global warming potentials -- 4.9. Concluding remarks -- 4.10. Problem set -- 5. Carbon dioxide equilibria -- 5.1. Pure rain -- 5.2. Polluted rain -- 5.3. Surface water -- 5.4. Ocean acidification -- 5.5. Problem set -- 6. Pesticides, mercury, and lead -- 6.1. Pesticides -- 6.2. Mercury -- 6.3. Lead -- 6.4. Problem set -- 7. Fates of organic compounds -- 7.1. Vapor pressure -- 7.2. Water solubility -- 7.3. Henry's law constant -- 7.4. Partition coefficients -- 7.5. Lipophilicity -- 7.6. Bioaccumulation -- 7.7. Adsorption -- 7.8. Water-air transfer -- 7.9. Reactive fates of organics -- 7.10. Partitioning and persistence -- 7.11. Problem set -- 8. PCBs, dioxins, and flame retardants -- 8.1. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) -- 8.2. Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans -- 8.3. Brominated flame retardants -- 8.4. Lessons learned.
Summary: "Tutorial in style, this book fully incorporates real-world problems and extensive end-of-chapter problem sets to immerse the reader in the field. Chapters cover mass balance, chemical kinetics, caron dioxide equilibria, pesticide and structures and much more. Extensively revised, updated, and expanded, this second edition includes new chapters on atmospheric chemistry, climate change, and polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins, and brominated flame retardants. In addition, new practice problems and a helpful tutorial on organic chemistry names and structures have been added to improve both the scope and accessibility of the book."--Provided by publisher.
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"Tutorial in style, this book fully incorporates real-world problems and extensive end-of-chapter problem sets to immerse the reader in the field. Chapters cover mass balance, chemical kinetics, caron dioxide equilibria, pesticide and structures and much more. Extensively revised, updated, and expanded, this second edition includes new chapters on atmospheric chemistry, climate change, and polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins, and brominated flame retardants. In addition, new practice problems and a helpful tutorial on organic chemistry names and structures have been added to improve both the scope and accessibility of the book."--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Simple tool skills -- 1.1. Unit conversions -- 1.2. Estimating -- 1.3. Ideal gas law -- 1.4. Stoichiometry -- 1.5. Problem set -- 2. Mass balance and kinetics -- 2.1. Steady-state mass balance -- 2.2. Non-steady-state mass balance -- 2.3. Chemical kinetics -- 2.4. Problem set -- 3. Atmospheric chemistry -- 3.1. Atmospheric structure -- 3.2. Light and photochemistry -- 3.3. Atmospheric oxidants -- 3.4. Kinetics of atmospheric reactions -- 3.5. Stratospheric ozone -- 3.6. Smog -- 3.7. Problem set -- 4. Climate change -- 4.1. Historical perspective -- 4.2. Blackbody radiation and earth's temperature -- 4.3. Absorption of infrared radiation -- 4.4. Greenhouse effect -- 4.5. Earth's radiative balance -- 4.6. Aerosols and clouds -- 4.7. Radiative forcing -- 4.8. Global warming potentials -- 4.9. Concluding remarks -- 4.10. Problem set -- 5. Carbon dioxide equilibria -- 5.1. Pure rain -- 5.2. Polluted rain -- 5.3. Surface water -- 5.4. Ocean acidification -- 5.5. Problem set -- 6. Pesticides, mercury, and lead -- 6.1. Pesticides -- 6.2. Mercury -- 6.3. Lead -- 6.4. Problem set -- 7. Fates of organic compounds -- 7.1. Vapor pressure -- 7.2. Water solubility -- 7.3. Henry's law constant -- 7.4. Partition coefficients -- 7.5. Lipophilicity -- 7.6. Bioaccumulation -- 7.7. Adsorption -- 7.8. Water-air transfer -- 7.9. Reactive fates of organics -- 7.10. Partitioning and persistence -- 7.11. Problem set -- 8. PCBs, dioxins, and flame retardants -- 8.1. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) -- 8.2. Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans -- 8.3. Brominated flame retardants -- 8.4. Lessons learned.

Environmental Science