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Contents: Preface Environmental Chemistry Introduction A Brief History of Environmental Regulation The 12 Principles of Green Chemistry Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards Real-World Examples of Green Chemistry Further Readings Websites of Interest Scientific American Feature Article: Little Green Molecules PART I Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Pollution Chapter 1 Stratospheric Chemistry: The Ozone Layer Introduction The Physics and Chemistry of the Ozone Layer Box 1-1: The Steady-State Analysis of Atmospheric Reactions Catalytic Processes of Ozone Destruction Box 1-2: The Rates of Free-Radical Reactions Review Questions Additional Problems Further Readings Websites of Interest Chapter 2 The Ozone Holes Introduction The Ozone Hole and Other Sites of Ozone Depletion Box 2-1: The Chemistry Behind Mid-Latitude Decreases in Stratospheric Ozone The Chemicals That Cause Ozone Destruction Green Chemistry: The Replacement of CFC and Hydrocarbon Blowing Agents with Carbon Dioxide in Producing Foam Polystyrene Green Chemistry: Harpin Technology-Eliciting Nature’s Own Defenses Against Diseases Review Questions Green Chemistry Questions Additional Problems Further Readings Websites of Interest Chapter 3 The Chemistry of Ground-Level Air Pollution Introduction Box 3-1 The Interconversion of Gas Concentrations Urban Ozone: The Photochemical Smog Process Technological Control of Emissions Green Chemistry: The Replacement of Organic Solvents with Supercritical and Liquid Carbon Dioxide; Development of Surfactants for This Compound Green Chemistry: Using Ionic Liquids to Replace Organic Solvents; Cellulose, A Naturally Occurring Polymer Replacement for Petroleum-Derived Polymers Particulates in Air Pollution Air Quality Indices and Size Characteristics for Particulate Matter Box 3-2 Distribution of Particle Sizes in an Urban Air Sample Review Questions Green Chemistry Questions Additional Problems Further Readings Websites of Interest Chapter 4 The Environmental and Health Consequences of Polluted Air-Outdoors and Indoors Introduction Acid Rain The Human Health Effects of Outdoor Air Pollutants Indoor Air Pollution Review Questions Additional Problems Further Readings Websites of Interest Chapter 5 The Detailed Chemistry of the Atmosphere Introduction Box 5-1: Lewis Structures of Simple Free Radicals Tropospheric Chemistry Systematics of Stratospheric Chemistry Review Questions Additional Problems Further Readings Websites of Interest Environmental Instrumental Analysis I: Instrumental Determination of NOX via Chemiluminescence PART II Energy and Climate Change Chapter 6 The Greenhouse Effect Introduction The Mechanism of the Greenhouse Effect Box 6-1: A Simple Model of the Greenhouse Effect Molecular Vibrations: Energy Absorption by Greenhouse Gases The Major Greenhouse Gases Green Chemistry: Supercritical Carbon Dioxide in the Production of Computer Chips Box 6-2: Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Atmospheric Residence Time Other Greenhouse Gases Box 6-3: Determining the Emissions of “Old Carbon” Sources of Methane The Climate-Modifying Effects of Aerosols Global Warming to Date Box
Colin Baird, Michael Cann – 2008
| ISBN | 1429201460, 9781429201469 |
| Num. pags. | 819 paginas |
