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| - 'this new edition improves on what was already an excellent textbook for its market.' - Education in Chemistry, 2007
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| Description | | - Emphasis is on general principles, which are illuminated with global examples
- Chemistry is covered at just the right depth for students to develop a thorough understanding of natural processes
- Carefully structured explanations ensure students from a variety of backgrounds can master the important chemical concepts.
- In-text questions and end-of-chapter problems encourage students to check their understanding, and apply what they have learned to new scenarios and issues
- Online Resource Centre featuring:
- Illustrations available to download
- Solutions manual, containing solutions to problems presented in the book
| New to this edition- Increased emphasis on explanation, with additional descriptive material, to aid comprehension of the concepts being presented
- Enriched pedagogy, making the content more readily accessible to a broader range of students
- New 'route maps' for each chapter show the student what will be covered
- More detailed walk-throughs of calculations, to guide students and give more step-by-step support
- More worked examples, to build students' confidence in the material being presented
- New in-text questions to encourage students to check their understanding as they proceed through the book
- More frequent sub-headings, to aid navigation through chapters, and divide material into more manageable sections
- Annotated reading lists to encourage students to explore the primary literature
- Main points given throughout each chapter, highlighting the key concepts
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Chemical processes shape the world we live in - the air we breathe, the water we drink, the weather we experience. Environmental Chemistry: a global perspective describes those chemical principles which underpin the natural processes occurring within and between the air, water, and soil, and explores how human activities impact on these processes, giving rise to environmental issues of global
concern.
Guiding us through the chemical composition of the three key environmental systems - the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and terrestrial environment - the authors explain the chemical processes which occur within and between each system. Focusing on general principles, we are introduced to the essential chemical concepts which underpin an understanding of the air, water, and soil and how they
behave; careful explanations ensure that clarity is not sacrificed at the expense of thorough coverage of the underlying chemistry.
We then see how human activity continues to affect the chemical behaviour of these environmental systems, and what the consequences of these natural processes being disturbed can be.
Environmental Chemistry: a global perspective takes chemistry out of the
laboratory, and shows us its importance in the world around us. With illuminating examples from around the globe, its rich pedagogy, and broad, carefully structured coverage, this book is the perfect resource for any environmental chemistry student wishing to develop a thorough understanding of their subject.
Supplementary resources
Online Resource Centre featuring:
Illustrations
available to download
Solutions manual, containing solutions to problems presented in the book
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Readership: Advanced undergraduates studying Environmental Chemistry as part of a Chemistry or Environmental Science degree programme.
| Contents |
1.
Environmental Chemistry
PART A: THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
2.
The Earth's Atmosphere
3.
Stratospheric chemistry-ozone
4.
Tropospheric chemistry-smog
5.
Tropospheric chemistry-precipitation
6.
Atmospheric aerosols
7.
Chemistry of urban and indoor atmospheres
8.
The chemistry of global climate
PART B: THE HYDROSPHERE
9.
The hydrosphere
10.
Distribution of species in acquatic systems
11.
Gases in water
12.
Organic matter in water
13.
Metals in the hydrosphere
14.
Environmental chemistry of colloids and surfaces
15.
Microbiological processes
16.
Water pollution and waste-water treatment chemistry
PART C: THE TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT
17.
The terrestrial environment
18.
Soil properties
19.
The chemistry of solid wastes
20.
Organic biocides
21.
The future Earth
APPENDICES
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Gary W. vanLoon, Department of Chemistry and School of Environmental Studies, Queen's University, Ontario and
Stephen J. Duffy, Department of Chemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick
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