Carbon, Nitrogen, and Sulfur Pollutants and Their Determination in Air and Water

Preface -- Part I INTRODUCTION -- 1. Pollutants in the Environment: Past and Present -- Pre-Industrial Revolution Sanitation -- The Industrial Revolution: Cholera and Killer Smogs Dealing with the Problems -- Beyond Smog and Eutrophication -- Concluding Remarks -- 2. The Biosphere and Biogeochemical Cycles -- The Carbon Cycle -- The Nitrogen Cycle -- The Sulfur Cycle -- Conclusion -- Part II THE CHEMISTRY OF CARBON, NITROGEN, AND SULFUR AS POLLUTANTS -- 3. Carbon, Nitrogen, and Sulfur Chemistry -- The Electron Configuration of the Elements -- Chemical Bonding -- Carbon Chemistry -- Nitrogen Chemistry -- Sulfur Chemistry -- The Biochemistry of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Sulfur -- 4. Carbon, Nitrogen, and Sulfur in Water Pollution -- Definition of Water Pollution -- Water Pollutants and Their Entry Paths -- Water Pollution Criteria -- Water as a Repository for Pollutants -- Carbon, Nitrogen, and Sulfur Water Pollutants -- Sewage Treatment -- 5. Carbon, Nitrogen, and Sulfur in Air Pollution -- The Temperature and Density of the Atmosphere and Air Movement -- Atmospheric Chemistry, Excited Oxygen Atoms, and Free Radicals -- The Chemistry of Air Pollution -- Part III THE ANALYSIS OF CARBON, NITROGEN, AND SULFUR IN THE ENVIRONMENT -- 6. The Use of Analytical Methods -- Selection of Analytical Methods -- Sampling for Chemical Analysis -- Statistics of Sampling -- Analysis Error -- 7. Physical Methods -- Spectroscopy -- Turbidimetry and Nephelometry -- Luminescence and Fluorescence -- Mass Spectrometry -- 8. Electrochemical Methods -- Introduction -- Potentiometry -- Conductometry -- Kinetic Methods -- Specificity and Sensitivity of Electrochemical Methods -- 9.Chromatography -- Principles -- Gas Chromatography -- Liquid Chromatography -- Thin Layer Chromatography -- Environmental Applications of Chromatography -- 10. Chemical Methods -- Introduction -- Gravimetric Analysis -- Volumetric Analysis -- Gas Detection Tubes -- Combustion Methods -- Low Temperature Chemical Oxidation Methods -- Continuous Flow Analyzers -- 11. Bioanalytical Methods -- Introduction -- Enzymology and Enzyme Analysis -- Immunochemistry and Immunochemical Analysis -- Part IV COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT -- 12. Some Comments on Commercial Equipment -- Bibliography -- Index.