Environmental chemistry. / Colin Baird and Michael Cann.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : W. H. Freeman and Company, 2012Edition: 5th edDescription: xxxii, 776 + various pagings : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781429277044LOC classification: TD192.B35Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | TD192.B35 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | 7440/469/13 |
Includes appendix and index.
Contents: Part I: Atmospheric chemistry and air pollution: Stratospheric chemistry: the ozone layer -- The ozone holes -- The chemistry of ground-level air pollution -- The environmental and health consequences of polluted air - outdoors and indoors -- Part II: Energy and climate change: The greenhouse effect -- Energy use, fossil fuels, CO2 emissions and global climate change -- Biofuel and other alternative fuels -- Renewable energy technologies: hydroelectric, wind, solar, geothermal, and marine energy and their storage -- Radioactivity, radon, and nuclear energy -- Part III: Water chemistry and water pollution: The chemistry of natural waters -- The pollution and purification of water -- Toxic heavy metals -- Part IV: Toxic organic compounds: Pesticides -- Dioxins, furans, and PCBs -- Other toxic organic compounds of environmental concern -- Part V: Environment and the solid state: Wastes, soils, and sediments -- Part VI: Advanced atmosphere chemistry: The detailed free-radical chemical of the atmosphere.
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