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.

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