Inorganic chemistry and the earth : chemical resources, their extraction, use, and environmental impact / J. E. Fergusson.
By: Fergusson, J. E.
Material type: BookSeries: Pergamon series on environmental science ; v. 6.Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, 1982Description: ix, 400 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0080239951; 0080239943 .Subject(s): Chemistry, Inorganic | Environmental chemistryDDC classification: 546Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 546 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00043458 |
Bibliography: p. 370-386. - Includes index.
Part I: The chemical elements in the environment: Origins: the chemical elements and the earth -- The earth today -- Part II: Resources: Mineral resources -- Energy resources -- Part III: Chemical changes and inorganic materials: Principles of chemical change -- Inorganic chemicals in everyday life -- Part IV: Impact on the environment: Environmental cycles -- Air pollution -- Air pollutants -- Water and its pollution -- Water pollution -- The lithosphere and pollution -- Inorganic materials in the biosphere -- Analytical chemistry and the environment.