Environmental Soil and Water Chemistry - Principles and Applications

Hardcover  XXII, 564 Pages  ISBN 0471165158      £76.00

This book presents soil and water chemistry from the environmental point of view, reviewing all the fundamental principles of chemistry required for understanding the soil/water chemistry/quality and soil/water treatments of chemically polluted soils and waters.

From the contents

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.

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