Environmental Issues in Chemical PerspectiveAn in-depth presentation of the chemistry required to evaluate the choices we must make regarding our environment, this study has four parts: energy, the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and the biosphere. Each part is followed by problem sets that require the application of chemical principles to such issues as dwindling natural gas and petroleum resources; fission and fusion as energy sources; CO2 build-up and the greenhouse effect; automobile emission control; acid rain; eutrophication of lakes; lead, mercury, and cadmium poisoning; and environmental links to cancer. An answer manual for the problems is included. Social, political, and economic concerns are also covered. The authors show how chemists and non-chemist decision-makers can take account of each other's perspectives. |
Contents
ENERGY | 1 |
Carbon Cycle | 3 |
Human Energy Consumption | 6 |
Petroleum | 11 |
Survey of Alternative Energy Sources | 17 |
Coal | 20 |
Nuclear Fission | 28 |
Nuclear Power | 35 |
Automotive Emissions | 165 |
Sulfur Dioxide | 171 |
Primary Particles | 174 |
Summary | 176 |
HYDROSPHERE | 185 |
Acidity | 193 |
Hardness | 205 |
Eutrophication | 223 |
Weapons Proliferation | 38 |
Radioactivity | 43 |
Fusion Power | 51 |
Solar Energy | 57 |
Energy Storage | 69 |
Thermal Pollution | 74 |
Summary | 87 |
ATMOSPHERE | 97 |
Greenhouse Effect | 107 |
Atmospheric Structure | 118 |
Ozone Chemistry | 124 |
Nitrogen Oxides | 128 |
Chlorofluoromethanes | 136 |
Oxide Chemistry | 138 |
Air Pollution | 151 |
The Oceans | 232 |
Sewage Treatment | 235 |
Drinking Water Supplies | 246 |
Agricultural Pollution | 247 |
Summary | 249 |
BIOSPHERE | 257 |
Nutrition | 278 |
Insecticides | 289 |
Inadvertent Contamination by Toxic Organic Chemicals | 307 |
Contamination by Toxic Metals | 316 |
Cancer | 327 |
Conclusion | 350 |
APPENDIX | 359 |
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Environmental Issues in Chemical Perspective Thomas G. Spiro,William M. Stigliani Limited preview - 1980 |
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