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Chemistry of the environment /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Spiro, Thomas G., 1935-
Otros Autores: Purvis-Roberts, Kathleen, Stigliani, William M.
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: [Mill Valley, Calif.] : University Science Books, c2012.
Edición:3a ed.
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245 1 0 |a Chemistry of the environment /  |c Thomas G. Spiro, Kathleen Purvis-Roberts, William M. Stigliani. 
250 |a 3a ed. 
260 |a [Mill Valley, Calif.] :  |b University Science Books,  |c c2012. 
300 |a xxii, 615 p. :  |b il., maps ;  |c 27 cm. 
504 |a Incluye bibliografías e índice. 
505 0 |a Note continued: Worked Problem 15.4 Effective Oxygen Potential -- 15.7.Electron and Proton Affinities Are Linked: pE versus pH -- 15.8.Biological Oxidations -- 15.9.Aerobic Earth -- 15.10.Water as an Ecological Medium -- 15.10a.The Euphotic Zone and the Biological Pump -- 15.10b.Eutrophication in Freshwater Lakes -- 15.10c.Nitrogen and Phosphorus: The Limiting Nutrients -- 15.1.Od Anoxia and Its Effects on Coastal Marine Waters -- 15.1.Oe Wetlands as Chemical Sinks -- 15.1.Of Redox Effects on Metals Pollution -- 15.1.Og Fertilizing the Ocean with Iron -- Problems -- Additional Reading -- ch. 16 Water Pollution and Water Treatment -- 16.1.Water Use and Water Quality: Point and Nonpoint Sources of Pollution -- 16.2.Regulation of Water Quality -- 16.3.Water and Sewage Treatment -- 16.4.Desalinization of Seawater -- 16.5.Health Hazards -- 16.5a.Pathogens and Disinfection -- 16.5b.Organic and Inorganic Contaminants -- 16.5b.i.Waste Sites -- 16.5b.ii.Agriculture -- 16.6.Low-Cost Water Technology for Developing Countries -- 16.7.Trace Pollutants -- 16.8.Perchlorate Pollution -- 16.9.Summary of Hydrosphere-Lithosphere Interactions -- Problems -- Additional Reading -- pt. V BIOSPHERE -- ch. 17 Nitrogen and Food Production -- 17.1.Nitrogen Cycle -- 17.2.Agriculture -- 17.2a.Fertilizer and the Green Revolution -- 17.2b.Environmental Degradation -- 17.2c.Confined Animal Feeding Operations -- 17.2d.Organic Farming and Sustainable Agriculture -- 17.3.Nutrition -- 17.3a.Energy and Calories -- 17.3b.Protein -- 17.3c.Minerals and Vitamins -- 17.3d.Antioxidants -- 17.3e.Antioxidant Mechanisms -- Problems -- Additional Reading -- ch. 18 Pest Control -- 18.1.Insecticides -- 18.1a.Persistent Insecticides: Organochlorines -- 18.1b.Molecular Shape and Biological Activity -- 18.1c.Ecosystem Effects: Bioaccumulation -- 18.1d.Bioaccumulation and the Partition Coefficient -- 18.1e.Nonpersistent Insecticides: Organophosphates and Carbamates -- 18.1f.Molecular Mechanism of Cholinesterase Inhibitors -- 18.1g.Naturallnsecticides -- 18.1h.Integrated Pest Management -- 18.2.Herbicides -- 18.2a.Molecular Mechanism of Glyphosate Inhibition; Genetic Engineering -- 18.3.Genetically Modified Organisms -- 18.3a.Genetically Modified Plants: Actualities and Potential -- 18.3b.Resistance to Genetically Modified Foods -- 18.3b.i.Moral Issues -- 18.3b.ii.Political Issues -- 18.3b.iii.Health and Environment Issues -- Problems -- Additional Reading -- ch. 19 Toxicity of Chemicals -- 19.1.Acute and Chronic Toxicity -- 19.2.Cancer -- 19.2a.Mechanisms -- 19.2b.Cancer Incidence and Testing -- 19.3.Hormonal Effects -- 19.3a.BisphenolA -- 19.4.Persistent Organic Pollutants: Dioxins and Polychlorinated Biphenyls -- 19.4a.Dioxins and Furans -- 19.4a.i.Toxicity -- 19.4a.ii.Paper Bleaching and Combustion Sources -- 19.4a.iii.Natural Sources? -- 19.4a.iv.Exposure -- 19.4b.Polychlorinated Biphenyls -- 19.4c.Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers -- 19.4d.Perfluorooctanoic Sulfonate -- 19.4e.Global Transport -- 19.5.Toxic Metals -- 19.5a.Mercury -- 19.5b.Cadmium -- 19.5c.Arsenic -- 19.5d.Lead -- 19.5d.i.Exposure -- 19.5d.ii.Bioavailability -- 19.5d.iii.Toxicity -- Problems -- Additional Reading -- APPENDICES -- Appendix A Organic Structures -- A.1.Hydrocarbons: Alkanes -- A.2.Isomers -- A.3.Rings -- Worked Problem A.1 Pentane Isomers -- A.4.Unsaturated Hydrocarbons -- A.5.Molecular Shape -- A.6.Carbon Framework Representations -- Worked Problem A.2 Name Frameworks -- A.7.Aromatic Compounds -- A.8.Heteroatoms -- Appendix B Mathematical Fundamentals -- B.1.Units and Conversions -- B.1a.Exponents -- B.1b.Metric Units -- B.1c.Energy Units -- B.2.Exponent and Log Rules Review -- B.2a.Basic Rules of Exponents -- B.2b.Basic Rules of Logarithmic Functions -- B.2c.Base 10 and Base e Logarithms. 
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