The Essential Guide to Environmental Chemistry

The fate of contaminants in the environment, in particular, the transfer processes of pollutants between different compartments of the ecosystem, are still not very well understood. The Essential Guide to Environmental Chemistry outlines the problems and issues facing the environmental chemist throughout the ecosystem, providing a concise overview of environmental pollution in air, water and soil. The book also includes a chapter on strategies for environmental analysis.
This "pocket atlas" translated from the highly successful German edition Taschenatlas der Umweltchemie, is unique in its graphical representation and condensed format. The quality and appeal of the full–colour diagrams are unmatched. It follows up the Essential Guide to Analytical Chemistry by the same author, and also very well received by readers.
Key features include:
∗ Unique format with text and illustrations on facing pages
∗ Clear, full colour schematic diagrams making up 50% of the book
∗ A highly readable pocket–sized presentation
∗ Comprehensive yet concise overview of environmental chemistry – ideal as a revision aid or introductory text
The Essential Guide to Environmental Chemistry will be a "must–have" for undergraduates/graduates taking environmental chemistry, science and management courses. It will also be an extremely valuable guide for environmental consultants, workers in public bodies responsible for monitoring environmental pollution e.g. river auhtorities, environmental protection agencies; for tose in industries which deal with waste disposal, sewage treatment, soil remediation, air pollution etc.; and those in private environmental analysis laboratories.

Spis treści:
Preface.
Introduction
MATERIALS CYCLES
Geochemical cycles
The carbon cycle
The nitrogen cycle
The sulphur cycle
The phosphorus cycle
Metal cycles
Special cycles
THE ATMOSPHERE
Physicochemi cal processes
Ecological photochemistry
Air pollution from combustion
Anthropogenous pollutants and their effects
Principles of air quality control
WATER
The Earth′s water cycle
Chemistry in bodies of water
Processes for the preparation of drinking water
Basic principles of waste water chemistry and sewage treatment
SOIL
Basic principles of soil science
Physico– and biogeochemical processes
Metals and acid rain
Organic Contaminants
Methods for soil remediation
Chemistry and technology in landfills
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY OF SELECTED XENOBIOTICS AND HEAVY METALS
Pathways of pollutants, food chains and properties of materials
General decomposition pathways
Hydrocarbons: PAHs and PCBs
Dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans
Pesticides and tensides
Heavy metals and their species
PROBLEM– AND ACTIVITY–ORIENTED ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
Environmental analaysis – strategies and concepts
Ecotoxicological concepts for evaluating risk
Bibliography
Index

Okładka tylna:
The fate of contaminants in the environment, in particular, the transfer processes of pollutants between different compartments of the ecosystem, are still not very well understood. The Essential Guide to Environmental Chemistry outlines the problems and issues facing the environmental chemist throughout the ecosystem, providing a concise overview of environmental pollution in air, water and soil. The book also includes a chapter on strategies for environmental analysis.
This "pocket atlas" translated from the highly successful German edition Taschenatlas der Umweltchemie, is unique in its graphical representation and condensed format. The quality and appeal of the full–colour diagrams are unmatched. It follows up the Essential Guide to Analytical Chemistry by the same author, and also very well received by readers.
Key features include:
∗ Unique format with text and illustrations on facing pages
∗ Clear, full colour schematic diagrams making up 50% of the book
∗ A highly readable pocket–sized presentation
∗ Comprehensive yet concise overview of environmental chemistry – ideal as a revision aid or introductory text
The Essential Guide to Environmental Chemistry will be a "must–have" for undergraduates/graduates taking environmental chemistry, science and management courses. It will also be an extremely valuable guide for environmental consultants, workers in public bodies responsible for monitoring environmental pollution e.g. river auhtorities, environmental protection agencies; for tose in industries which deal with waste disposal, sewage treatment, soil remediation, air pollution etc.; and those in private environmental analysis laboratories.