An excellent knowledge base in soil and water chemistry -the ideal basic text for students of the environmental sciences
In Environmental Soil and Water Chemistry, leading soil and water authority V. P. Evangelou presents a complete overview of the principles and applications of soil science, addressing the subject by viewing the interactions between soil and water as a basis for understanding the nature, extent, and treatment of polluted soil and water. The text opens with a discussion of principles-the fundamental tenets of chemistry needed to understand soil and water quality and treatment of polluted resources-and continues with a look at applications for the control and treatment of soil and water. Suitable for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students, this extensive, timely volume covers:
* Water chemistry and mineral solubility; soil minerals and surface chemical properties and their behavior; and electrochemistry and kinetics
* The control of agricultural chemical pollution and land disturbance pollution; colloids and transport processes in soils; and technologies for measuring quality and executing treatment
* Specific chemical contaminants and the procedures for their neutralization
In a world where chemical pollutants pose a grave threat to the earth's natural resources, Environmental Soil and Water Chemistry offers students both an excellent textbook and a handy reference on the wide spectrum of environmental problems they will confront outside the classroom.
By:
V. P. Evangelou (University of Kentucky Lexington)
Imprint: Wiley-Interscience
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 238mm,
Width: 165mm,
Spine: 39mm
Weight: 951g
ISBN: 9780471165156
ISBN 10: 0471165158
Pages: 592
Publication Date: 28 September 1998
Audience:
College/higher education
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A / AS level
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Further / Higher Education
Replaced By: 9780471681649
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
WATER CHEMISTRY AND MINERAL SOLUBILITY. Physical Chemistry of Water and Some of Its Constituents. Solution/Mineral-Salt Chemistry. SOIL MINERALS AND SURFACE CHEMICAL PROPERTIES. Soil Minerals and Their Surface Properties. Sorption and Exchange Reactions. ELECTROCHEMISTRY AND KINETICS. Redox Chemistry. Pyrite Oxidation Chemistry. Reaction Kinetics in Soil-Water Systems. SOIL DYNAMICS AND AGRICULTURAL-ORGANIC CHEMICALS. Organic Matter, Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Synthetic Organics. COLLOIDS AND TRANSPORT PROCESSES IN SOILS. Soil Colloids and Water-Suspended Solids. Water and Solute Transport Processes. The Chemistry and Management of Salt-Affected Soils and Brackish Waters. LAND-DISTURBANCE POLLUTION AND ITS CONTROL. Acid Drainage Prevention and Heavy Metal Removal Technologies. SOIL AND WATER: QUALITY AND TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES. Water Quality. Soil and Water Decontamination Technologies. Appendix. Suggested and Cited References. Index.
V. P. EVANGELOU, Ph.D., is Professor of Soil and Water Chemistry at the University of Kentucky. A recipient of the Marion L. and Chrystie M. Jackson Award from the Soil Science Society and the Senior Fulbright Award, he is the author of Pyrite Oxidation and Its Control.
