Environmental Chemistry

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Surface water pollution. 3. Ground water pollution. 4. Pharmaceutical effluents. 5. Different industrial effluents. 6. Paper mill effluents. 7. Thermal power effluents. 8. Sewage waste. 9. Industrial waste. 10. Air pollution. 11. Noise pollution. 12. Soil pollution. 13. Petrolium. 14. Terminology. 15. Appendix.

"Environmental Chemistry would certainly be only of major importance today without the accurate, precise sensitive and sophisticated analytical methods, which call attention to the presence of detrimental substances and the absence of essential elements in our environment.

"Environmental analytical chemistry has gained an importance during the past few decades. The result generated by analytical chemists have tremendous impact on the industrial and governmental sectors of our society. Analytical chemistry delivers the information which is needed to assess an environmental situation, identify its causes, suggest preliminary action and point towards a paramount solution.

"Thus the scope of each chapter has been broadened enough to provide information on historical landmarks as well as new facts from current issues of major journals. Chapters have received special attention to make the student aware of future possibilities in Environmental Chemistry." (jacket)