Applied Chemistry for Environmental Engineering
Applied Chemistry for Environmental Engineering
Editor/Author
Casparian, Armen
Publication Year: 2016
Publisher: Momentum Press
Single-User Purchase Price:
$65.00

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$97.50
ISBN: 978-1-60-650923-4
Category: Science - Chemistry
Image Count:
38
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Applied Chemistry for Environmental Engineering provides practical insight into how the principles of environmental chemistry, covering both atmospheric and water pollution as well as ground pollution.
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Table of Contents
- LIST OF FIGURES
- LIST OF TABLES
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 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