The main objective of this book is to show how one can apply simple
principles of physics and chemistry to describe a complex system such as the
atmosphere, and how one can reduce the complex system to build models. Topics
covered includes: Measures Of Atmospheric Composition, Atmospheric Pressure,
Simple Models, Atmospheric Transport, The Continuity Equation, Geochemical
Cycles, The Greenhouse Effect, Aerosols, Chemical Kinetics, Stratospheric Ozone,
Oxidizing Power Of The Troposphere and Ozone Air Pollution.
This
note covers the following topics: The Composition of Our Air, Air Pollutants,
Concentration Terms , Protecting the Ozone Layer, The Chapman Cycle, Antarctic
Seasonal Ozone Depletion, Energy from Combustion, First Law of Thermodynamics,
Heat of Combustion, Catalytic Reforming, Fuel Alternatives , Water for Life,
Neutralizing the Threat of Acid Rain.
This note explains the following topics: Thermodynamics,
Chemical Equilibrium, Photochemistry, Photolysis rate, frequency, Chemical
lifetime , Heterogenous Reactions, Chemistry of the upper atmosphere, Chemistry
of the stratosphere, Ozone Hole, Tropospheric chemistry, Tropospheric
chemistry.
This note addresses
the challenges of defining a relationship between exposure to environmental
chemicals and human disease. Topics covered include epidemiological approaches
to understanding disease causation, biostatistical methods, evaluation of human
exposure to chemicals, and their internal distribution, metabolism, reactions
with cellular components, and biological effects, and qualitative and
quantitative health risk assessment methods used in the U.S. as bases for
regulatory decision-making.
Author(s): Prof.
James Sherley, Dr. Laura Green and Prof. Steven Tannenbaum
This book
explains the fundamental chemical processes that are central to a range of
important environmental problems and to utilize this knowledge in making
critical evaluations of these problems.