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Environmental Surfaces and Interfaces from the Nanoscale to the Global Scaleby Patricia A. Maurice
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:An advanced exploration ofwater-rock interactions Based on the author's fifteen years of teaching and tried-and-tested experiences in the classroom, here is a comprehensive exploration of water-rock interactions. Environmental Surfaces and Interfaces from the Nanoscale to the Global Scale covers aspects ranging from the theory of charged particle surfaces to how minerals grow and dissolve to new frontiers in W-R interactions such as nanoparticles, geomicrobiology, and climate change. Providing basic conceptual understanding along with more complex subject matter, Professor Patricia Maurice encourages students to look beyond the text to ongoing research in the field. Designed to engage the learner, the book features:
This text goes beyond W-R interactions to touch on a broad range of environmental disciplines. While written for advanced undergraduate and graduate students primarily in geochemistry and soil chemistry, Environmental Surfaces and Interfaces from the Nanoscale to the Global Scale will serve the needs of such diverse fields as environmental engineering, hydrogeology, physics, biology, and environmental chemistry. Book News Annotation:Having taught a course on interactions between water and rock for
some 14 years at Kent State and Notre Dame Universities, Maurice
decided to assemble into a single volume the disparate information
from such fields as the theory of charged particle surfaces, how
minerals grow and dissolve, nanoparticles, geomicrobiology, and
climate change. It also generalizes to other surfaces and interfaces.
Her students have come from a wide range of disciplines, she says,
and from freshmen to doctoral candidates. Her topics include some
fundamental chemical thermodynamic and kinetic concepts, some
minerals of special interest to environmental surface chemistry, key
techniques, sorption, mineral weathering and dissolution, plants and
micro-organisms as environmental surfaces, and the big picture.
Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:Environmental Surfaces and Interfaces from the Nanoscale to the Global Scale Patricia A. Maurice
Synopsis:Based on the author's 15 years of teaching water-rock interactions and tried and tested in the classroom, Environmental Surface Chemistrycovers everything from the theory of charged particle surfaces to how minerals grow and dissolve to new frontiers in W-R interactions, such as nanoparticles, geomicrobiology, and climate change. Numerous case studies help contextualize concepts while chapter-ending practice and thought questions facilitate comprehension. The text provides basic conceptual understanding along with more complex subject matter to encourage students to look beyond the text to ongoing research in the field. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Some fundamental chemical thermodynamic and kinetic concepts. Chapter 2: The hydrologic cycle as context for environmental surfaces and interfaces. Chapter 3: Some minerals of special interest to environmental surface chemistry. Chapter 4: Some key techniques for investigating surfaces and interfaces. Chapter 5: Surfaces and interfaces. Chapter 6: The charged interface and surface complexation. Chapter 7: Sorption: Inorganic cations and anions. Chapter 8: Sorption: Organic compounds. Chapter 9: Mineral nucleation and growth. Chapter 10: Mineral weathering and dissolution. Chapter 11: Plants as environmental surfaces. Chapter 12: Microorganisms as environmental surfaces. Chapter 13: Environmental nanoscience and nanotechnology. Chapter 14: The big picture: Interface processes and the environment. Glossary of terms. Bibliography. Index.
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