Edited by
Trevor Letcher, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Durban, South Africa
Description
Environmental problems are becoming an important aspect of our lives as industries grow apace with populations throughout the world.
Thermodynamics,
Solubility and Environmental Issues highlights some of the problems and shows how chemistry can help to reduce these them. The
unifying theme is Solubility – the most basic and important of thermodynamic properties. This informative book looks at the importance
and applications of solubility and thermodynamics, in understanding and in reducing chemical pollution in the environment.
Written
by experts in their respective fields and representing the latest findings in this very important and broad area. A collection of twenty-five
chapters cover a wide range of topics including; mining, polymer manufacture and applications, radioactive wastes, industries in general,
agro-chemicals, soil pollution and biology, together with the basic theory and recent developments in the modelling of environmental
pollutants.
Audience:
For consultants, industrial/local authority scientists, researchers and graduate and post-graduate students
