Environmental chemistry / Stanley E. Manahan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Environmental Science, Technology, and Chemistry -- What is Environmental Science? -- Environmental Chemistry and Environmental Biochemistry -- Water, Air, Earth, Life, and Technology -- Ecology and the Biosphere -- Energy and Cycles of Energy -- Matter and Cycles of Matter -- Human Impact and Pollution -- Technology: The Problems It Poses and the Solutions It Offers -- The Anthrosphere, Industrial Ecosystems, and Environmental Chemistry -- The Anthrosphere -- Technology and the Anthrosphere -- Infrastructure -- Dwellings -- Transportation -- Communications -- Food and Agriculture -- Manufacturing -- Effects of the Anthrosphere on Earth -- Integration of the Anthrosphere into the Total Environment -- The Anthrosphere and Industrial Ecology -- Environmental Chemistry -- Fundamentals of Aquatic Chemistry -- Water Quality and Quantity -- The Properties of Water, a Unique Substance -- The Characteristics of Bodies of Water -- Aquatic Life -- Introduction to Aquatic Chemistry -- Gases in Water -- Water Acidity and Carbon Dioxide in Water -- Alkalinity -- Calcium and Other Metals in Water -- Complexation and Chelation -- Bonding and Structure of Metal Complexes -- Calculations of Species Concentrations -- Complexation by Deprotonated Ligands -- Complexation by Protonated Ligands -- Solubilization of Lead Ion from Solids by NTA -- Polyphosphates in Water -- Complexation by Humic Substances -- Complexation and Redox Processes -- Oxidation-Reduction -- The Significance of Oxidation-Reduction Phenomena -- The Electron and Redox Reactions.