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Environmental chemistry : the earth-air-water factory /
Environmental Chemistry provides an introduction to fundamental concepts in environmental chemistry. The book emerged from a short lecture and practical course given to first year students in the School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia. It adopts the earth-air-water factory as an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, England :
Edward Arnold,
1980.
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| Colección: | Chemosphere ;
v. 40, no. 1. Chemosphere ; v. 40, no. 5. Chemosphere ; v. 40, no. 12. Chemosphere ; v. 41, no. 5. Chemosphere ; v. 42, no. 3. Chemosphere ; v. 43, no. 3. Chemosphere ; v. 44, no. 2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Environmental Chemistry; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; The Crust; The Hydrosphere; The Atmosphere; The Earth-Air-Water Factory; Chapter 2. The Atmosphere; The Oxygen Cycle; The Nitrogen Cycle; Thermodynamics and the Prediction of Chemical Reactions; Chemical Interactions between the Atmosphere and the Hydrosphere; Atmospheric Water and the Water Cycle; Anthropogenic Inputs to the Atmosphere; Chapter 3. The Crust; The Role of Water; The Structure of Silicate Minerals; Weathering Processes; Mechanisms of Chemical Weathering.
- Silicate Weathering MechanismsThe Controls on Weathering Reactions; Clay Minerals: The Solid Products of Weathering Reactions; The Land-based Hydrosphere; Anthropogenic Inputs to the Land-based Hydrosphere; Chapter 4. The Oceans; Evaporite Formation; Carbonate Formation; Silica Formation in the Oceans; Interactions between Particulate Material and Sea Water; Anthropogenic Inputs to the Oceans; Chapter 5. Formation of Mineral Resources in Sediments; Manganese Nodules; Microbiological Processes in Sediments; Formation of Petroleum; Formation of Coal; Glossary; Atomic Structure; Chemical Bonding.
- EquilibriumGas Solubility; Geothermal Gradient; Hydrogen Bonds; Isomorphous Substitution; Organic Compounds; Phases; Redox Reactions: Oxidation, Reduction, Oxidation State, Oxidation Number, Redox Potential; Thermodynamics; Bibliography; Elementary Chemistry Texts; Index.