Applied chemistry for environmental engineering /

This book presents applications of chemistry specific to topics, issues, and problems relevant to environmental engineering. It is the companion volume of Chemistry for Environmental Engineering. Considerable effort has been made to clarify and explain the subjects of air and water quality, includin...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Casparian, Armen S. (Autor), Sirokman, Gergely (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2016.
Colección:Environmental engineering collection.
Temas:
Chemistry.
Environmental engineering.
Environmental chemistry.
Chimie.
Technique de l'environnement.
Chimie de l'environnement.
chemistry.
environmental engineering.
SCIENCE > Chemistry > General.
Chemistry
Environmental chemistry
Environmental engineering
acid rain
air and water quality
arsenic
biofuels
colloids
endocrine disrupters
flammability
global warming
hazardous materials
nanotechnology
plasticizers
pollution
reactivity
smog
toxicity
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction to chemistry
  • 1.1 Matter
  • 1.2 Stoichiometry
  • 1.3 Reaction types
  • 1.4 Quantifying reactions
  • 1.5 Organic chemistry
  • 1.6 Polymers.
  • 2. The atmosphere and the chemistry of air
  • 2.1 The composition of the atmosphere
  • 2.2 Definitions of gases, fumes, vapors, aerosols, and mists
  • 2.3 Primary air pollutants from stationary and mobile sources
  • 2.4 Indoor air quality
  • 2.5 Eight major air pollutants
  • 2.6 Multiple chemical sensitivity
  • Bibliography.
  • 3. Water quality and water pollution
  • 3.1 Chemistry of water
  • 3.2 Colloids
  • 3.3 Common sources of contamination of water supplies
  • 3.4 Chemical oxygen demand and biochemical oxygen demand
  • 3.5 Carbon dioxide pollution
  • 3.6 Environmental fate and transport of selected water pollutants
  • Bibliography.
  • 4. The chemistry of hazardous materials
  • 4.1 The chemistry of four common elements
  • 4.2 The chemistry of some corrosive materials
  • 4.3 The chemistry of pyrophoric substances
  • 4.4 The chemistry of flammable substances
  • 4.5 The chemistry of explosives
  • Bibliography.
  • 5. Radioactivity and nuclear chemistry
  • 5.1 Types of radioactivity
  • 5.2 Half-life
  • 5.3 Units of radiation
  • 5.4 Radiation in the field: decay series of uranium
  • Bibliography.
  • 6. Introduction to toxicology
  • 6.1 The problem
  • 6.2 Basic concepts
  • 6.3 More terms and definitions
  • 6.4 The dose-response relationship
  • 6.5 Example calculations and conversions
  • Bibliography.
  • 7. Special topics
  • 7.1 Green chemistry
  • 7.2 Persistence of arsenic
  • 7.3 The plastic ocean
  • 7.4 Endocrine disruptors
  • 7.5 Biofuels
  • 7.6 Carbon and sulfur markets
  • 7.7 Hard water treatments
  • 7.8 Nanotechnology
  • 7.9 Three important "environmental" disasters
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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