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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813737103321

Autore

Weiner Eugene R.

Titolo

Applications of environmental aquatic chemistry : a practical guide / / Eugene R. Weiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2013

ISBN

0-429-10687-4

1-4398-5333-9

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (613 p.)

Classificazione

SCI013000SCI026000TEC010030

Disciplina

628.1/68

Soggetti

Environmental chemistry

Water quality

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; Preface to the Third Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; Author; Chapter 1. Water Quality; Chapter 2. Contaminant Behavior in the Environment; Chapter 3. Major Water Quality Parameters and Applications; Chapter 4. Nutrients and Odors; Chapter 5. Behavior of Metal Species in the Natural Environment; Chapter 6. Soil, Groundwater, and Subsurface Contamination; Chapter 7. General Properties of Nonaqueous Phase Liquids and the Behaviorof Light Nonaqueous Phase Liquids in the Subsurface

Chapter 8. Behavior of Dense Nonaqueous Phase Liquids in the SubsurfaceChapter 9. Biodegradation and Bioremediation of LNAPLs and DNAPLs; Chapter 10. Behavior of Radionuclides in the Water and Soil Environment; Chapter 11. Selected Topics in Environmental Chemistry; appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Answers to SelectedChapter Exercises; PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS; Alphabetical Table of the Elements with Standard Atomic Weights; Solubility Table for Ionic Compounds in Water; Electronegativity Values of the Elements (Pauling Scale); Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Preface to the Third Edition The chemical makeup of a collected water sample reflects the history of its prior flow path, particularly the minerals it has contacted, its contact time with these minerals, and the values of temperature, pH, and redox potential along the flow path. Many environmental chemistry books can be put into one of two



groups: 1. Those that are very thorough and include nearly all of the basic chemical principles that underlie the topics covered. 2. Those that rely on an existing understanding of the basic principles and begin from there. This text tries to follow a middle path, where the basic principles needed for an environmental topic are included only to the extent of contributing to an understanding of the topic being discussed and to guide the reader in applying the information to actual environmental problems. The fields of environmental science and engineering advance rapidly. This third edition is substantially updated (Photo courtesy of Gary Witt) viii Preface to the Third Edition from the second edition. Besides extensive reorganization and updating, there is a new chapter Nutrients and Odors: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur, two new appendices Solubility of Slightly Soluble Metal Salts and Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations Used in this Book, and much new material, especially in Chapters 5 and 11 and in Appendix A. --