Author : Peter Victor Hobbs
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521785679
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (856 download)
Book Synopsis Basic Physical Chemistry for the Atmospheric Sciences by : Peter Victor Hobbs
Download or read book Basic Physical Chemistry for the Atmospheric Sciences written by Peter Victor Hobbs and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-09-04 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly revised and updated, Basic Physical Chemistry for the Atmospheric Sciences provides a clear, concise grounding in the basic chemical principles required for modern studies of atmospheres, oceans, and earth and planetary systems. Undergraduate and graduate students with little formal training in chemistry can work through the chapters and the numerous exercises within this book before accessing the standard texts in the atmospheric chemistry, geochemistry, and the environmental sciences. The book covers the fundamental concepts of chemical equilibria, chemical thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, solution chemistry, acid and base chemistry, oxidation-reduction reactions, and photochemistry. In a companion volume entitled Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry (2000, Cambridge University Press) Peter Hobbs provides an introduction to atmospheric chemistry itself, including its applications to air pollution, acid rain, the ozone hole, and climate change. Together these two books provide an ideal introduction to atmospheric chemistry for a variety of disciplines.