December 2012
Intermediate to advanced
618 pages
22h 42m
English
Content preview from Applications of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, 3rd Edition
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Preface to the Second Edition
Much new material has been added to this second edition. Besides a totally new
chapter on radionuclides, the text has been reorganized and updated with separate
chapters on metals, light nonaqueous phase liquids (LNAPLs), dense nonaqueous
phase liquids (DNAPLs), and biodegradation. Also, some end-of-chapter exercises
have been added. The dictionary of inorganic pollutants has been enlarged and some
important organic pollutants added. The former appendices listing drinking water
standards, water quality criteria, and sample collection protocols have been omitted
because these data are continually changing and ar ...