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Summary
Summary
Revised and updated in 2000, Basic Physical Chemistry for the Atmospheric Sciences provides a clear, concise grounding in the basic chemical principles required for 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.
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Hobbs provides a very practical understanding of physical chemistry not only for atmospheric science but for many other applications. He includes chemical principles, equilibria, thermodynamics, kinetics, solution chemistry, acid-base chemistry, oxidation-reduction reactions, and photochemistry. Solutions to numerical problems illustrating the topics are interspersed throughout the text. All possible states of reactants are discussed--gas, liquid, and solid--with particular attention to aqueous solutions, a major concern in atmospheric science. Various theories regarding definition and explanation of acid-base processes are presented. The pH scale is explained and discussed with regard to both rainwater and electrochemical cells. Photochemistry is used to discuss the depletion of stratospheric ozone. The appendixes contain useful text-related information and hints or solutions to exercises posed in the text. A good index is provided. Useful to all undergraduates in science. A. E. Staver; Northern Illinois University
Table of Contents
| 1 Chemical equilibrium |
| 2 Chemical thermodynamics |
| 3 Chemical kinetics |
| 4 Solution chemistry and aqueous equilibria |
| 5 Acids and bases |
| 6 Oxidation-reduction reactions |
| 7 Photochemistry |
| Appendices |
