• RecordNumber
    1724
  • Author
    Hites, R. A.
  • Title

    Elements of environmental chemistry

  • Author Statement
    Ronald A. Hites.
  • Publication
    Wiley-Interscience
  • Publication Year
    c2007
  • Collation
    xiii, 204 p. ill. 21 cm
  • Notes
    Includes index , Simple tool skills. Unit conversions ; Estimating ; Ideal gas law ; Stoichiometry ; Problem set -- Mass balance. Steady-state mass balance. Flows, stocks, and residence times ; Adding multiple flows ; Fluxes are not flows! ; Non-steady-state mass balance. Up-going curve ; Down-going curve ; Working with real data ; Second-order reactions ; Problem set -- Atmospheric chemistry. Light ; Atmospheric structure ; Ozone. Introduction to ozone ; Ozone catalytic cycles ; Chemical kinetics. Pseudo-steady-state example ; Arrhenius equation ; Chapman reaction kinetics ; Smog ; Greenhouse effect ; Problem set -- Co2 equilibria. Pure rain ; Polluted rain ; Surface water ; Problem set -- Fates of organic compounds. Vapor pressure ; Water solubility ; Henryʹs law constant ; Partition coefficients ; Lipophilicity ; Fish partition coefficients ; Adsorption ; Water-air transfer ; Problem set -- Toxic environmental compounds. Peticides. Diphenylmethane analogs ; Hexachlorocyclohexanes ; Hexachlorocyclopentadienes ; Phosphorous-containing insecticides ; Carbamates ; Natural product simulants ; Phenoxyacetic acids ; Nitroanilines ; Triazines ; Acetanilides ; Fungicides ; Mercury ; Lead ; Problem set -- Answers to the problem sets.
  • Subject

    Environmental chemistry

  • Main class
    577.
  • Sub class
    14
  • Cutter no
    H675e
  • ISBN
    978-0-471-99815-0