Inorganic chemistry for geochemistry and environmental sciences : fundamentals and applications / George W. Luther, III.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Inorganic chemistry and the environment -- Oxidation-reduction reactions (redox) -- Atomic structure -- Symmetry -- Covalent bonding -- Bonding in solids -- Acids and bases -- Introduction to transition metals -- Reactivity of transition metal complexes : thermodynamics, kinetics, and catalysis -- Transition metals in natural systems -- Solid phase iron and manganese oxidants and reductants -- Metal sulfides in the environment and in bioinorganic chemistry -- Kinetics and thermodynamics of metal uptake by organisms.