Water Chemistry : Green Science and Technology of Nature's Most Renewable Resource

""...it is a thorough review, and by virtue of its simple but clear diagrams and plain English makes the text easy to follow and understand. There is continuity between chapters, thus allowing a smooth flow between the various subjects whilst adding to its easy-reading nature."" - Chromatographia , March 2011,73:1039 Abstract: Focuses on water as a renewable resource from a green chemistry and sustainability perspective. This title deals with the hydrosphere and explains how it relates to the other four environmental spheres. It contains chapters on basic chemistry and organic chemistry useful to those readers whose fundamental knowledge of chemistry is limited. Read more... Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Author; Chapter 1: Water and the Five Spheres of the Environment; Chapter 2: Properties of Water and the Hydrosphere; Chapter 3: Fundamentals of Aquatic Chemistry; Chapter 4: Oxidation-Reduction in Aquatic Chemistry; Chapter 5: Phase Interactions in Aquatic Chemistry; Chapter 6: Aquatic Microbial Biochemistry; Chapter 7: Water Pollution; Chapter 8: Water Treatment; Chapter 9: Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastewater; Chapter 10: Sustainable Energy: The Key to Everything; Chapter 11: Fundamentals of Chemistry; Chapter 12: Organic Chemistry; Back Cover Content: Front Cover Contents Preface Author Chapter 1: Water and the Five Spheres of the Environment Chapter 2: Properties of Water and the Hydrosphere Chapter 3: Fundamentals of Aquatic Chemistry Chapter 4: Oxidation-Reduction in Aquatic Chemistry Chapter 5: Phase Interactions in Aquatic Chemistry Chapter 6: Aquatic Microbial Biochemistry Chapter 7: Water Pollution Chapter 8: Water Treatment Chapter 9: Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastewater Chapter 10: Sustainable Energy: The Key to Everything Chapter 11: Fundamentals of Chemistry Chapter 12: Organic Chemistry Back Cover Carefully crafted to provide a comprehensive overview of the chemistry of water in the environment, Water Chemistry: Green Science and Technology of Nature's Most Renewable Resource examines water issues within the broad framework of sustainability, an issue of increasing importance as the demands of Earth's human population threaten to overwhelm t ""...it is a thorough review, and by virtue of its simple but clear diagrams and plain English makes the text easy to follow and understand. There is continuity between chapters, thus allowing a smooth flow between the various subjects whilst adding to its easy-reading nature."" -__Chromatographia__, March 2011,73:1039 Abstract: "" ... it is a thorough review, and by virtue of its simple but clear diagrams and plain English makes the text easy to follow and understand. There is continuity between chapters, thus allowing a smooth flow between the various subjects whilst adding to its easy-reading nature.""--Chromatographia, March 2011,73:1039