05146nam 2200589 450 991045341720332120200520144314.01-118-86749-11-118-86735-11-118-86750-5(CKB)2550000001273099(EBL)1673977(OCoLC)877038547(MiAaPQ)EBC1673977(DLC) 2013051101(Au-PeEL)EBL1673977(CaPaEBR)ebr10858446(CaONFJC)MIL595226(OCoLC)867001333(EXLCZ)99255000000127309920131223d2014 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierEnvironmental and low temperature geochemistry /Peter Crowley RyanChichester, West Sussex ;Hoboken, NJ :John Wiley & Sons Inc.,2014.1 online resource (426 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4051-8612-7 1-306-63975-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Environmental and Low Temperature Geochemistry; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the Companion Website; 1 Background and Basic Chemical Principles: Elements,Ions,Bonding,Reactions; 1.1 An Overview of Environmental Geochemistry - History, Scope, Questions, Approaches, Challenges for the Future; 1.2 The Naturally Occurring Elements - Origins and Abundances; 1.3 Atoms and Isotopes: A Brief Review; 1.4 Measuring Concentrations; 1.4.1 Mass-based concentrations; 1.4.2 Molar concentrations; 1.4.3 Concentrations of gases1.4.4 Notes on precision and accuracy, significant figures and scientific notation 1.5 Periodic Table; 1.6 Ions, Molecules, Valence, Bonding, Chemical Reactions; 1.6.1 Ionic bond strength; 1.6.2 Covalent bonds; 1.6.3 Electronegativity; 1.6.4 Metallic bonds, hydrogen bonds and van der Waals forces; 1.7 Acid-Base Equilibria, PH, K Values; 1.8 Fundamentals of Redox Chemistry and Chemical Reactions; 1.9 Chemical Reactions; 1.10 Equilibrium, Thermodynamics and Driving Forces for Reactions: Systems, Gibbs Energies, Enthalpy And Heat Capacity, Entropy, Volume1.10.1 Systems, species, phases and components 1.10.2 First law of thermodynamics; 1.10.3 Second law of thermodynamics; 1.10.4 Enthalpy; 1.10.5 Heat capacity; 1.10.6 Gibbs free energy; 1.10.7 Gibbs free energy and the equilibrium constant; 1.11 Kinetics and Reaction Rates: Distance From Equilibrium, Activation Energy, Metastability; 1.11.1 Reaction rate, reaction order; 1.11.2 Temperature and the Arrhenius equation; Review Questions; References; 2 Surficial and Environmental Mineralogy; 2.1 Introduction to Minerals and Unit Cells; 2.2 Ion Coordination, Pauling ́s Rules and Ionic Substitution2.2.1 Coordination and radius ratio 2.2.2 Bond-strength considerations; 2.2.3 Pauling ́s and Goldschmidt ́s rules of ionic solids; 2.3 Silicates; 2.3.1 Nesosilicates; 2.3.2 Inosilicates; 2.3.3 Phyllosilicates; 2.3.4 Tectosilicates; 2.4 Clay Minerals (T-O Minerals, T-O-T Minerals, Interstratified Clays); 2.4.1 Smectite; 2.4.2 Smectites with tetrahedrally derived layer charge; 2.4.3 Smectites with octahedrally derived layer charge; 2.4.4 Vermiculite; 2.4.5 Illite; 2.4.6 Chlorite and Berthierine; 2.4.7 Kaolin (kaolinite and halloysite); 2.4.8 Interstratified clay minerals2.4.9 Trace metals and metalloids in clay minerals 2.5 Crystal Chemistry of adsorption and Cation Exchange; 2.5.1 Cation exchange; 2.5.2 Double-layer complexes; 2.6 Low-Temperature Non-Silicate Minerals: Carbonates, Oxides and Hydroxides, Sulfides, Sulfates, Salts; 2.6.1 Carbonates; 2.6.2 Oxides and hydroxides; 2.6.3 Sulfides and sulfates; 2.6.4 Halide and nitrate salts; 2.7 Mineral Growth and Dissolution; 2.8 Biomineralization; Review Questions; References; 3 Organic Compounds in the Environment3.1 Introduction to Organic Chemistry: Chains and Rings, Single, Double, and Triple Bonds, Functional Groups, Classes of Organic Compounds, Organic NomenclatureEnvironmental and Low-Temperature Geochemistry presents conceptual and quantitative principles of geochemistry in order to foster understanding of natural processes at and near the earth's surface, as well as anthropogenic impacts on the natural environment. It provides the reader with the essentials of concentration, speciation and reactivity of elements in soils, waters, sediments and air, drawing attention to both thermodynamic and kinetic controls. Specific features include: An introductory chapter that reviews basic chemical principles applied to environmental and lowEnvironmental geochemistryElectronic books.Environmental geochemistry.551.9Ryan Peter1966-868114MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453417203321Environmental and low temperature geochemistry1937984UNINA