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.
Reihe
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
100
150 farbige Abbildungen, 50 s/w Tabellen, 100 s/w Abbildungen
100 b/w and 150 col. ill., 50 b/w tbl.
Maße
Höhe: 240 mm
Breite: 170 mm
ISBN-13
978-3-11-044330-1 (9783110443301)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
A. Rihana-Abdallah, M. Benvenuto, E. Roberts-Kirchhoff, K. Lanigan, K. Evans, University of Detroit Mercy, MI, USA.
Advanced Chemistry Needed for Environmental Chemistry- Analytical Chemistry, Instrumental Methods - Statistical Analysis- Organic Chemistry Overview for Environmental Applications- Equilibrium and Redox- Green Chemistry Earth- Natural Pollutants - Land Reclamation- Brownfields- Hydrophobic Materials, and Sorption - Organic Materials- PAHs- Plastics and Plasticizers- CFCs- PCBs- Pesticides - Metals Water- Basics- Desalination- Reclamation and Remediation - Chelation - Ocean Acidification Air- Air Components - Greenhouse Effect - Ozone Layer, Ozone Holes- Smog (NOx, SOx)- Particulate Matter- Carbon Sequestration Energy- Fossil- Coal- Oil- Fracking - Wood - Nuclear- Renewables- Solar- Wind- Geothermal- Hydro- Batteries - Climate Change Toxicity- Natural Pollutants- Anthropogenic Pollutants- Persistence- Bioaccumulation/ Bio-augmentation - Measurements
