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Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Simple Tool Skills
• 1.1. Unit Conversions
• 1.2. Estimating
• 1.3. Ideal Gas Law
• 1.4. Stoichiometry
• 1.5. Problem Set
• 2. Mass Balance and Kinetics
• 2.1. Steady-State Mass Balance
• 2.2. Non-Steady-State Mass Balance
• 2.3. Chemical Kinetics
• 2.4. Problem Set
• 3. Atmospheric Chemistry
• 3.1. Atmospheric Structure
• 3.2. Light and Photochemistry
• 3.3. Atmospheric Oxidants
• 3.4. Kinetics of Atmospheric Reactions
• 3.5. Stratospheric Ozone
• 3.6. Smog
• 3.7. Problem Set
• 4. Climate Change

• 4.1. Historical Perspective
• 4.2. Blackbody Radiation and Earth's Temperature
• 4.3. Absorption of Infrared Radiation
• 4.4. Greenhouse Effect
• 4.5. Earth's Radiative Balance
• 4.6. Aerosols and Clouds
• 4.7. Radiative Forcing
• 4.8. Global Warming Potentials
• 4.9. Concluding Remarks
• 4.10. Problem Set
• 5. Carbon Dioxide Equilibria
• 5.1. Pure Rain
• 5.2. Polluted Rain
• 5.3. Surface Water
• 5.4. Ocean Acidification
• 5.5. Problem Set
• 6. Pesticides, Mercury, and Lead
• 6.1. Pesticides
• 6.2. Mercury
• 6.3. Lead
• 6.4. Problem Set
• 7. Fates of Organic Compounds
• 7.1. Vapor Pressure
• 7.2. Water Solubility
• 7.3. Henry's Law Constant
• 7.4. Partition Coefficients
• 7.5. Lipophilicity
• 7.6. Bioaccumulation
• 7.7. Adsorption
• 7.8. Water-Air Transfer
• 7.9. Reactive Fates of Organics
• 7.10. Partitioning and Persistence
• 7.11. Problem Set
• 8. PCBs, Dioxins, and Flame Retardants
• 8.1. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
• 8.2. Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins and Dibenzofurans
• 8.3. Brominated Flame Retardants
• 8.4. Lessons Learned.

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Author/Creator:

Hites, R. A.

Contributors:

Raff, Jonathan D.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Elements of environmental chemistry [by Hites, R.A.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Elements of environmental chemistry [by Hites, R.A.] (2nd ed.; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2012 — ISBN 9781118041550; LCCN 2011046732)

Subjects:

Environmental chemistry

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

TD193 .H58 2012eb

ISBNs:

9781118309896 (electronic bk.)
1118309898 (electronic bk.)

OCLC Numbers:

804860746

Other Control Numbers:

EBC861691 (source: MiAaPQ)