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Chemistry of environmental systems : fundamental principles and analytical methods
This book addresses the development of the chemistry of environmental systems as it has changed over the past 50 years. Chemistry of Environmental Systems evolved from a senior-level undergraduate/lower-level graduate course in Environmental Chemistry taught by one of the authors (JSG) at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. This course used two textbooks as resources: Chemistry of the Upper and Lower Atmosphere, by Dr. Barbara Finlayson-Pitts and Dr. James N. Pitts, Jr. and the Second Edition of Chemistry of the Environment, by Dr. Ronald A. Bailey, Dr. Herbert M. Clark, Dr. James P. Ferris, Dr. Sonja Krause, and Dr. Robert L. Strong. Both of these texts have influenced the writing of this book and while Chemistry of the Upper and Lower Atmosphere details atmospheric chemistry as it was known at the date of publication (2000), Chemistry of the Environment covers the subject with a more holistic approach, including the environmental problems of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere that were clearly identified by the year of publication (2002). While teaching the Environmental Chemistry course, it became increasingly apparent that the impacts of pollution on the chemistry of the environment are global in nature, even though they were originally thought to be local issues. Also, environmental chemical reactions are not restricted to one specific environmental phase. For example, the fundamental reaction mechanisms that are important in gas-phase chemistry of the troposphere and stratosphere are, in many cases, also important mechanisms for aqueous and surface phase reactions.
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