Baird, Colin.

Environmental chemistry / Colin Baird - 2nd ed. - N.Y. : W.H. Freeman, c1999 - xxi, 557 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Preface. Ch. 1. Introduction to environmental chemistry. - Pt. I. Air and energy, Ch. 2. Stratospheric chemistry: the ozone layer. Ch. 3. Ground-level air chemistry and air pollution. Ch. 4. The greenhouse effect and global warming. Ch. 5. Energy use, CO2 emissions, and their environmental consequences. - Pt. II. Toxic substances. Ch. 6. Toxic organic chemicals. Ch. 7. Toxic heavy metals. - Pt. III. Water. Ch. 8. The chemistry of natural waters. Ch. 9. The purification of polluted water. - Pt. IV. Waste and contaminated soil management. Ch. 10. Wastes, soils and sediments. - Appendix. Background organic chemistry. - Answers to selected problems. - Index.

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