Environmental chemistry. ([2010])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stanley E. Manahan.
• Other Names: Manahan, Stanley E
• Contents: Preface -- Author -- Environment And Sustainability Science -- From the sun to fossil fuels and back again -- Science of sustainability -- Chemistry and the environment -- Water, air, earth, life and technology -- Ecology, ecotoxicology, and the biosphere -- Energy and cycles of energy -- Human impact and pollution -- Chemical fate and transport -- Chemical fate and transport in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere -- Environmental mischief and terrorism -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Chemistry And The Anthrosphere: Environment Chemistry And Green Chemistry -- Environmental chemistry -- Matter and cycles of matter -- Anthrosphere and environmental chemistry -- Technology and the Anthrosphere -- Infrastructure -- Components of the Anthrosphere that influence the environment -- Effects of the Anthrosphere on earth -- Integration of the Anthrosphere into the total environment -- Green chemistry -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Fundamentals Of Aquatic Chemistry -- Importance of water -- Water from molecules to oceans -- Characteristics of bodies of water -- Aquatic life -- Introduction to aquatic chemistry -- Gases in water -- Water acidity and carbon dioxide in water -- Alkalinity -- Calcium and other metals in water -- Complexation and chelation -- Bonding and structure of metal complexes -- Calculations of species concentrations -- Complexation by deprotonated ligands -- Complexation by protonated ligands -- Solubilization of lead ion from solids by NTA -- Polyphosphates and phosphonates in water -- Complexation by humic substances -- Complexation and redox processes -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Oxidation-Reduction In Aquatic Chemistry -- Significance of oxidation-reduction -- Electron and redox reactions -- Electron activity and pE -- Nernst equation -- Reaction tendency: whole reaction from half-reactions -- Nernst equation and chemical equilibrium -- Relationship of pE to free energy -- Reactions in terms of one electron-mole -- Limits of pE in water -- pE values in natural water systems -- pE-pH diagrams -- Humic substances as natural reductants -- Photochemical processes in oxidation-reduction -- Corrosion -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Phase Interactions In Aquatic Chemistry -- Chemical interactions involving solids, gases, and water -- Importance and formation of sediments -- Solubilities -- Colloidal particles in water -- Colloidal properties of clays -- Aggregation of particles -- Surface sorption by solids -- Solute exchange with bottom sediments -- Interstitial water -- Phase interactions in chemical fate and transport -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Aquatic Microbial Biochemistry -- Aquatic biochemical processes -- Algae -- Fungi -- Protozoa -- Bacteria -- Prokaryotic bacterial cell -- Kinetics of bacterial growth -- Bacteria metabolism -- Microbial oxidation and reduction -- Microbial transformations of carbon -- Biodegradation of organic matter -- Oxidation -- Other biochemical processes in biodegradation of organics -- Microbial transformations of nitrogen -- Microbial transformations of phosphorus and sulfur -- Microbial transformations of halogens and Organohalides -- Microbial transformations of metals and metalloids -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Water Pollution -- Nature and types of water pollutants -- Elemental pollutants -- Heavy metals -- Metalloids -- Organically bound metals and metalloids -- Inorganic species -- Algal nutrients and eutrophication -- Acidity, alkalinity, and salinity -- Oxygen, oxidants, and reductants -- Organic pollutants -- Pesticides in water -- Polychlorinated biphenyls -- Emerging water pollutants, pharmaceuticals, and household wastes -- Radionuclides in the aquatic environment -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Water Treatment -- Water treatment and water use -- Municipal water treatment -- Treatment of water for industrial use -- Sewage treatment -- Industrial wastewater treatment -- Removal of solids -- Removal of calcium and other metals -- Removal of dissolved organics -- Removal of dissolved inorganics -- Sludge -- Water disinfection -- Natural water purification processes -- Green water -- Water conservation -- Protecting water supplies from attack -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Atmosphere And Atmospheric Chemistry -- Introduction -- Importance of the atmosphere -- Physical characteristics of the atmosphere -- Energy transfer in the atmosphere -- Atmospheric mass transfer, meteorology, and weather -- Inversions and air pollution -- Global climate and microclimate -- Chemical and photochemical reactions in the atmosphere -- Acid-base reactions in the atmosphere -- Reactions of atmospheric oxygen -- Reactions of atmospheric nitrogen -- Atmospheric water -- Influence of the Anthrosphere -- Chemical fate and transport in the atmosphere -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Particles In The Atmosphere -- Introduction -- Physical behavior of particles in the atmosphere -- Physical processes for particle formation -- Chemical processes for particle formation -- Composition of inorganic particles -- Radioactive particles -- Composition of organic particles -- Effects of particles -- Water as particulate matter -- Atmospheric chemical reactions involving particles -- Control of particulate emissions -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Gaseous Inorganic Air Pollutants -- Inorganic pollutant gases -- Production and control of carbon monoxide -- Fate of atmospheric CO -- Sulfur dioxide sources and the sulfur cycle -- Sulfur dioxide reactions in the atmosphere -- Nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere -- Acid rain -- Ammonia in the atmosphere -- Fluorine, chlorine, and their gaseous compounds -- Reduced sulfur gases -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems. Organic Air Pollutants -- Organic compounds in the atmosphere -- Biogenic organic compounds -- Pollutant hydrocarbons -- Carbonyl compounds Aldehydes and ketones -- Miscellaneous oxygen-containing compounds -- Organonitrogen compounds -- Organohalide compounds -- Organosulfur compounds -- Organic particulate matter -- Hazardous air pollutants organic compounds -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Photochemical smog -- Introduction -- Smog-forming emissions -- Smog-forming reactions of organic compounds in the atmosphere -- Overview of smog formation -- Mechanisms of smog formation -- Reactivity of hydrocarbons -- Inorganic products from smog -- Effects of smog -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Endangered Global Atmosphere -- Climate change and anthropogenic effects -- Global warming -- Green science and technology to alleviate global warming -- Acid rain -- Stratospheric ozone destruction -- Atmospheric brown clouds -- Atmospheric damage by photochemical smog -- Nuclear winter -- What is to be done? -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Geosphere And Geochemistry -- Introduction -- Nature of solids in the geosphere -- Physical form of the geosphere -- Internal processes -- Sediments -- Clays -- Geochemistry -- Groundwater in the geosphere -- Environmental aspects of the geosphere -- Earthquakes -- Volcanoes -- Surface earth movement -- Stream and river phenomena -- Phenomena at the land/ocean interface -- Phenomena at the land/atmosphere interface -- Effects of ice -- Effects of human activities -- Air pollution and the geosphere -- Water pollution and the geosphere -- Waste disposal and the geosphere -- Municipal refuse -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Soil And Agricultural Environmental Chemistry -- Soil and agriculture -- Nature and composition of soil -- Acid-base and ion-exchange reactions in soils -- Macronutrients in soil -- Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium in soil -- Micronutrients in soil -- Fertilizers -- Pollutants from livestock production -- Pesticides and their residues in soil -- Wastes and pollutants in soil -- Soil loss and degradation -- Saving the land -- Genetic engineering and agriculture -- Green chemistry and sustainable agriculture -- Agriculture and health -- Protecting the food supply from attack -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Green Chemistry And Industrial Ecology -- Changing the bad old ways -- Green chemistry -- Reduction of risk hazard and exposure -- Waste prevention and green chemistry -- Green chemistry and synthetic chemistry -- Feedstocks -- Reagents -- Stoichiometric and catalytic reagents -- Media and solvents -- Enhancing reactions -- Industrial ecology -- Five major components of an industrial ecosystem -- Industrial metabolism -- Materials flow and recycling in an industrial ecosystem -- Kalundborg industrial ecosystem -- Consideration of environmental impacts in industrial ecology -- Life cycles: expanding and closing the materials loop -- Life-cycle assessment -- Consumable, recyclable, and service (durable) products -- Design for environment -- Inherent safety -- Industrial ecology and ecological engineering -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Resources And Sustainable Materials -- Where to get the stuff we need? -- Minerals in the geosphere -- Extraction and mining -- Metals -- Metal resources and industrial ecology -- Nonmetal mineral resources -- Phosphates -- Sulfur -- Wood: a major renewable resource -- Extending resources through the practice of industrial ecology -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Sustainable Energy: The Key To Everything -- Energy problem -- Nature of energy -- Sources of energy used in the Anthrosphere -- Energy devices and conversions -- Green technology and energy conversion efficiency -- Energy conservation and renewable energy sources -- Petroleum and natural gas -- Coal -- Carbon sequestration for fossil fuel utilization -- Industrial ecology for energy and chemicals -- Nuclear energy -- Geothermal energy -- Sun: an ideal, renewable energy source -- Energy from moving air and moving water -- Biomass energy -- Hydrogen as a means to store and utilize energy -- Combined power cycles -- System of industrial ecology for methane production -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Nature, Sources, And Environmental Chemistry Of Hazardous Wastes -- Introduction -- Classification of hazardous substances and wastes -- Sources of wastes -- Flammable and combustible substances -- Reactive substances -- Corrosive substances -- Toxic substances -- Physical forms and segregation of wastes -- Environmental chemistry of hazardous wastes -- Physical and chemical properties of hazardous wastes -- Transport, effects, and fates of hazardous wastes -- Hazardous wastes and the Anthrosphere -- Hazardous wastes in the geosphere -- Hazardous wastes in the hydrosphere -- Hazardous wastes in the atmosphere -- Hazardous wastes in the biosphere -- Hazardous substances in terrorism -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Industrial Ecology For Waste Minimization, Utilization, And Treatment: -- Introduction -- Waste reduction and minimization -- Recycling -- Physical methods of waste treatment -- Chemical treatment: an overview -- Green waste treatment by photolysis and sonolysis -- Thermal treatment methods -- Biodegradation of wastes -- Phytoremediation -- Land treatment and composting -- Preparation of wastes for disposal -- Ultimate disposal of wastes -- Leachate and gas emissions -- In situ treatment -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems. Environmental Biochemistry: -- Biochemistry -- Biochemistry and the cell -- Proteins -- Carbohydrates -- Lipids -- Enzymes -- Nucleic acids -- Recombinant DNA and genetic engineering -- Metabolic processes -- Metabolism of Xendobiotic compounds -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Toxicological Chemistry: -- Introduction to toxicology and toxicological chemistry -- Does-response relationships -- Relative toxicities -- Reversibility and sensitivity -- Xenobiotic and endogenous substances -- Toxicological chemistry -- Kinetic phase and dynamic phase -- Teratogenesis, mutagenesis, carcinogenesis, and effects on the immune and reproductive systems -- Health hazards -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Toxicological Chemistry Of Chemical Substances: -- Introduction -- Toxic elements and elemental forms -- Toxic inorganic compounds -- Toxicology of organic compounds -- Toxic natural products -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Chemical Analysis Of Water And Wastewater: -- General aspects of environmental chemical analysis -- Classical methods -- Spectrophotometric methods -- Electrochemical methods of analysis -- Chromatography -- Mass spectrometry -- Analysis of water samples -- Automated water analyses -- Speciation -- Emerging contaminants in water analysis -- Chiral contaminants -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Analysis Of Wastes And Solids: -- Introduction -- Sample digestion for elemental analysis -- Analyte isolation for organics analysis -- Sample cleanup -- Sample preparation for VOCs -- Bioassay and immunoassay screening of wastes -- Determination of chelating agents -- Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Analysis Of The Atmosphere And Air Pollutants: -- Atmospheric monitoring -- Sampling -- Methods of analysis -- Determination of sulfur dioxide -- Nitrogen oxides -- Analysis of oxidants -- Analysis of carbon monoxide -- Determination of hydrocarbons and organics -- Analysis of particulate matter -- Direct spectrophotometric analysis of gaseous air pollutants -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Analysis Of Biological Materials And Xenobiotics: -- Introduction -- Indicators of exposure to Xenobiotics -- Determination of metals -- Determination of nonmetals and inorganic compounds -- Determination of parent organic compounds -- Measurement of phase I and phase II reaction products -- Determination of adducts -- Promise of immunological methods -- Literature cited -- Supplementary references -- Questions and problems -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxix, 753 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 628; Environmental chemistry; Environmental chemistry; Ökologische Chemie; Umwelt; Chemie; Umweltgeochemie; Hydrogeochemie; Wasser; Aquatisches Ökosystem; Bodenkunde; Bodenchemie; Ökosystem; Geochemie; Hydrochemie; Biogeochemie; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781628705553; 1628705558; 9781439882474; 1439882479
• Related ISBNs: 9781420059205; 1420059203
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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