Emphasizing new science essential to the practice of environmental chemistry at the beginning of the new millennium,
this book describes the atmosphere as a distinct sphere of the environment and the practice of industrial ecology
as it applies to chemical science. It includes extensive coverage of nuclear chemistry, covering both natural environmental
sources and anthropogenic sources, their impacts on health, and their role in energy production, that goes well
beyond the newspaper coverage to discuss nuclear chemistry and disposal in a balanced and scientifically rational
way.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Atmospheric Composition and Behavior
3. Energy and Climate
4. Principles of Photochemistry
5. Atmospheric Photochemistry
6. Petroleum, Hydrocarbons and Coal
7. Soaps, Synthetic Surfactants, and Polymers
8. Haloorganics and Pesticides
9. Chemistry in Aqueous Media
10. The Environmental Chemistry of Some Important Elements
11. Water Systems and Water Treatment
12. The Earth's Crust
13. Principles of Nuclear Chemistry and Radiochemistry
14. The Nuclear Environment
15. Energy
16. Solid Waste Disposal and Recycling
