Colin Baird and Michael Cann's acclaimed textbook helps students explore chemical processes and properties underlying environmental issues they hear about and discuss every day. Issues such as climate change, pollution, biofuels, sustainability and many more are dissected throughout the title. With an updated and balanced coverage of soil, water and air chemistry, the fifth edition pays close attention to the environmental impacts of chemical production and experimentation. A textbook that stands out from others looking at environmental chemistry as it makes these environmental problems accessible to students. …mehr
Colin Baird and Michael Cann's acclaimed textbook helps students explore chemical processes and properties underlying environmental issues they hear about and discuss every day. Issues such as climate change, pollution, biofuels, sustainability and many more are dissected throughout the title. With an updated and balanced coverage of soil, water and air chemistry, the fifth edition pays close attention to the environmental impacts of chemical production and experimentation. A textbook that stands out from others looking at environmental chemistry as it makes these environmental problems accessible to students. Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Colin Baird is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Western Ontario. He has received the University's Edward G. Pleva Teaching Award and a national 3M Teaching Fellowship Award. Michael Cann - Professor at the University of Scranton
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PART I: ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND AIR POLLUTION. Stratospheric Chemistry: the Ozone Layer. The Ozone Holes. The Chemistry of Ground Level Air Pollution. The Environmental and Health Consequences of Polluted Air Outdoors and Indoors. PART II: ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE. The Greenhouse Effect. Energy Use, Fossil Fuels, CO2 Emissions, and Global Climate Change. Biofuels and Other Alternative Fuels . Renewable Energy Technologies: Hydroelectric, Wind, Solar, Geothermal, and Marine Energy and Their Storage . Radioactivity, Radon, and Nuclear Energy. PART III: WATER CHEMISTRY AND WATER POLLUTION. The Chemistry of Natural Waters. The Pollution and Purification of Water. Toxic Heavy Metals . PART IV: TOXIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. Pesticides. Dioxins, Furans and PCBs. Other toxic Organic Compounds of Environmental Concern . PART V: ENVIRONMENT AND THE SOLID STATE . Wastes, Soils, and Sediments . PART VI: ADVANCED ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY . The Detailed Free Radical Chemistry of the Atmosphere . Appendix A: Oxidation Numbers and Redox Equation Balancing Reviewed. Answers to Selected Odd Numbered Problems. Index.
PART I: ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND AIR POLLUTION. Stratospheric Chemistry: the Ozone Layer. The Ozone Holes. The Chemistry of Ground Level Air Pollution. The Environmental and Health Consequences of Polluted Air Outdoors and Indoors. PART II: ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE. The Greenhouse Effect. Energy Use, Fossil Fuels, CO2 Emissions, and Global Climate Change. Biofuels and Other Alternative Fuels . Renewable Energy Technologies: Hydroelectric, Wind, Solar, Geothermal, and Marine Energy and Their Storage . Radioactivity, Radon, and Nuclear Energy. PART III: WATER CHEMISTRY AND WATER POLLUTION. The Chemistry of Natural Waters. The Pollution and Purification of Water. Toxic Heavy Metals . PART IV: TOXIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. Pesticides. Dioxins, Furans and PCBs. Other toxic Organic Compounds of Environmental Concern . PART V: ENVIRONMENT AND THE SOLID STATE . Wastes, Soils, and Sediments . PART VI: ADVANCED ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY . The Detailed Free Radical Chemistry of the Atmosphere . Appendix A: Oxidation Numbers and Redox Equation Balancing Reviewed. Answers to Selected Odd Numbered Problems. Index.
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