Laboratory Manual For Environmental Chemistry

Environmental chemistry is the study of chemical processes occurring in the environment which are impacted by humankind's activities. These impacts may be felt on a local scale, through the presence of urban air pollutants or toxic substances arising from a chemical waste site, or on a global scale, through depletion of stratospheric ozone or global warming. The field of environmental chemistry is both very broad and highly interdisciplinary. Quantitative chemical analysis is a key part of environmental chemistry, since it provides the data that frame most environmental studies. Common analytical techniques used for quantitative determinations in environmental chemistry include classical wet chemistry, such as gravimetric, titrimetric and electrochemical methods. This manual book presents chemical analyses of the most pressing waste, pollution, and resource problems for the graduate or postgraduate student. This manual will also be useful in laboratories where soil, water and air are routinely tested.