Colin Baird and Michael Cann's acclaimed
Environmental Chemistry helps students explore
the chemical processes and properties underlying
environmental issues they hear about every day - climate
change, pollution, biofuels, sustainability and more.
Like no other textbook of its kind, it makes accessible
the many ways chemists are tackling fundamental
environmental problems – including those for which the
chemical industry itself is a source. With
up-to-date, balanced, and authoritative coverage of
soil, water, and air chemistry, the new edition again
focuses on the environmental impacts of chemical
production and experimentation, offering additional
"green chemistry" sections and new case studies.
Updates include: • Expanded coverage of energy
production (especially biofuels), the generation and
disposal of CO2, and innovative ways to combat climate
change. • Increased international coverage to give
all students a better perspective on environmental
problems and solutions around the world – for example,
there is increased coverage of gaseous and particulate
air pollution and CO2 emissions and air quality
standards in different countries, both developed and
developing ones. • Updated Green Chemistry cases,
including new cases on the development of bio-based
toners; recycling carbon dioxide; a non-volatile,
reactive coalescent for the reduction of VOCs in latex
paints; bio-based liquid fuels and chemicals; and
spinetoram, an improvement on a green
pesticide. • An Activity has been inserted into each
chapter – these web- or library-based mini-projects
could be assigned to individual students or to a group
of them to accomplish and report on. • More schematic
diagrams have been added to promote student
comprehension of the more complicated chemistry and
appeal to a variety of learning styles. • Marginal
notes – to supplement the main text with additional
interesting material, and to indicate which Review
Questions are relevant to the material at
hand.
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