The essential guide to environmental chemistry

Author(s)

• Schwedt, Georg

Bibliographic Information

The essential guide to environmental chemistry

Georg Schwedt ; translated by Brooks Haderlie

J. Wiley, 2001

Uniform Title

Taschenatlas der Umweltchemie

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Translated from the German

Description and Table of Contents

Description

"This excellent and most reasonably priced guide is essential reading and a valuable reference source" (The ROSPA Occupational Safety Health Jnl. March 2002) The Essential Guide to Environmental Chemistry outlines the problems and issues facing the environmental chemist throughout the ecosystem. Presented as a ?pocket-atlas?, this useful guide provides a concise overview of environmental pollution in air, water and soil as well as strategies for environmental analysis. Unique format with text and illustrations on facing pages Clear, full colour schematic diagrams making up 50% of the book A ?must-have? for undergraduates/graduates in this field

Table of Contents

Preface. Introduction MATERIALS CYCLES Geochemical cycles The carbon cycle The nitrogen cycle The sulphur cycle The phosphorus cycle Metal cycles Special cycles THE ATMOSPHERE Physicochemical processes Ecological photochemistry Air pollution from combustion Anthropogenous pollutants and their effects Principles of air quality control WATER The Earth's water cycle Chemistry in bodies of water Processes for the preparation of drinking water Basic principles of waste water chemistry and sewage treatment SOIL Basic principles of soil science Physico- and biogeochemical processes Metals and acid rain Organic Contaminants Methods for soil remediation Chemistry and technology in landfills ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY OF SELECTED XENOBIOTICS AND HEAVY METALS Pathways of pollutants, food chains and properties of materials General decomposition pathways Hydrocarbons: PAHs and PCBs Dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans Pesticides and tensides Heavy metals and their species PROBLEM- AND ACTIVITY-ORIENTED ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS Environmental analaysis - strategies and concepts Ecotoxicological concepts for evaluating risk Bibliography Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA57257485
• ISBN:
  • 0471899542
• LCCN: 20014014
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ger
• Place of Publication: Chichester
• Pages/Volumes: x, 256 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 628
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Environmental chemistry