Hites, R. A.

Elements of environmental chemistry / Ronald A. Hites. - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, c2007. - xiii, 204 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

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Simple tool skills. Unit conversions ; Estimating ; Ideal gas law ; Stoichiometry ; Problem set -- Mass balance. Steady-state mass balance. Flows, stocks, and residence times ; Adding multiple flows ; Fluxes are not flows! ; Non-steady-state mass balance. Up-going curve ; Down-going curve ; Working with real data ; Second-order reactions ; Problem set -- Atmospheric chemistry. Light ; Atmospheric structure ; Ozone. Introduction to ozone ; Ozone catalytic cycles ; Chemical kinetics. Pseudo-steady-state example ; Arrhenius equation ; Chapman reaction kinetics ; Smog ; Greenhouse effect ; Problem set -- Co2 equilibria. Pure rain ; Polluted rain ; Surface water ; Problem set -- Fates of organic compounds. Vapor pressure ; Water solubility ; Henry's law constant ; Partition coefficients ; Lipophilicity ; Fish partition coefficients ; Adsorption ; Water-air transfer ; Problem set -- Toxic environmental compounds. Peticides. Diphenylmethane analogs ; Hexachlorocyclohexanes ; Hexachlorocyclopentadienes ; Phosphorous-containing insecticides ; Carbamates ; Natural product simulants ; Phenoxyacetic acids ; Nitroanilines ; Triazines ; Acetanilides ; Fungicides ; Mercury ; Lead ; Problem set -- Answers to the problem sets.

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Environmental chemistry.

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