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.
Contents
1. Introduction 2. Atmospheric Composition and Behavior 3. Energy and Climate 4. Principles of Photochemistry 5. Atmospheric Photochemistry 6. Petroleum, Hydrocarbons and Coal 7. Soaps, Synthetic Surfactants, and Polymers 8. Haloorganics and Pesticides 9. Chemistry in Aqueous Media 10. The Environmental Chemistry of Some Important Elements 11. Water Systems and Water Treatment 12. The Earth's Crust 13. Principles of Nuclear Chemistry and Radiochemistry 14. The Nuclear Environment 15. Energy 16. Solid Waste Disposal and Recycling
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