Elements of environmental chemistry/

Main Author: Hites, R. A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Hoboken, N. J.]: Wiley-Interscience, [c2007]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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 ; Henry's 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.