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Fundamentals of Environmental and Toxicological Chemistry: Sustainable Science, Fourth Edition 4th edition


Fundamentals of Environmental and Toxicological Chemistry: Sustainable Science, Fourth Edition 4th edition

Hardback by Manahan, Stanley E. (University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, Columbia, USA)

Fundamentals of Environmental and Toxicological Chemistry: Sustainable Science, Fourth Edition

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ISBN:
9781466553163
Publication Date:
25 Feb 2013
Edition/language:
4th edition / English
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:
CRC Press Inc
Pages:
614 pages
Format:
Hardback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 28 May - 2 Jun 2024
Fundamentals of Environmental and Toxicological Chemistry: Sustainable Science, Fourth Edition

Description

Fundamentals of Environmental and Toxicological Chemistry: Sustainable Science, Fourth Edition covers university-level environmental chemistry, with toxicological chemistry integrated throughout the book. This new edition of a bestseller provides an updated text with an increased emphasis on sustainability and green chemistry. It is organized based on the five spheres of Earth's environment: (1) the hydrosphere (water), (2) the atmosphere (air), (3) the geosphere (solid Earth), (4) the biosphere (life), and (5) the anthrosphere (the part of the environment made and used by humans). The first chapter defines environmental chemistry and each of the five environmental spheres. The second chapter presents the basics of toxicological chemistry and its relationship to environmental chemistry. Subsequent chapters are grouped by sphere, beginning with the hydrosphere and its environmental chemistry, water pollution, sustainability, and water as nature's most renewable resource. Chapters then describe the atmosphere, its structure and importance for protecting life on Earth, air pollutants, and the sustainability of atmospheric quality. The author explains the nature of the geosphere and discusses soil for growing food as well as geosphere sustainability. He also describes the biosphere and its sustainability. The final sphere described is the anthrosphere. The text explains human influence on the environment, including climate, pollution in and by the anthrosphere, and means of sustaining this sphere. It also discusses renewable, nonpolluting energy and introduces workplace monitoring. For readers needing additional basic chemistry background, the book includes two chapters on general chemistry and organic chemistry. This updated edition includes three new chapters, new examples and figures, and many new homework problems.

Contents

Environmental Chemistry and the Five Spheres of the Environment. Fundamentals of Biochemistry and Toxicological Chemistry. Environmental and Toxicological Chemistry of the Hydrosphere. Pollution of the Hydrosphere. Sustaining the Hydrosphere. Environmental and Toxicological Chemistry of the Atmosphere. Pollution of the Atmosphere. Sustaining the Atmosphere: Blue Skies for a Green Earth. Environmental and Toxicological Chemistry of the Geosphere. Soil: A Critical Part of the Geosphere. Sustaining the Geosphere. Environmental and Toxicological Chemistry of the Biosphere. Sustaining the Biosphere and Its Natural Capital. Environmental and Toxicological Chemistry of the Anthrosphere. Anthrosphere, Pollution, and Wastes. Industrial Ecology and Green Chemistry for Sustainable Management of the Anthrosphere. Sustainable Energy: The Key to Everything. Analytical Chemistry and Industrial Hygiene. Fundamentals of Chemistry. Organic Chemistry. Index.

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