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Chemistry for Environmental Engineering and Science [Hardcover]

Clair Sawyer (Author), Perry McCarty (Author), Gene Parkin (Author)
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0072480661 978-0072480665 August 27, 2002 5
This is the definitive text in a market consisting of senior and graduate environmental engineering students who are taking a chemistry course. The text is divided into a chemistry fundamentals section and a section on water and wastewater analysis. In this new edition, the authors have retained the thorough, yet concise, coverage of basic chemical principles from general, physical, equilibrium, organic, biochemistry, colloid, and nuclear chemistry. In addition, the authors have retained their classic two-fold approach of (1) focusing on the aspects of chemistry that are particularly valuable for solving environmental problems, and (2) laying the groundwork for understanding water and wastewater analysis-a fundamental basis of environmental engineering practice and research.

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  • Hardcover: 768 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; 5 edition (August 27, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0072480661
  • ISBN-13: 978-0072480665
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.6 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 stars If you want to know it all...., January 6, 2009
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This review is from: Chemistry for Environmental Engineering and Science (Hardcover)
If you want to know it all about chemistry, this is the book for you. Covers general, physical, equilibrium, organic, bio-, colloid and nuclear chemistry in addition to all the environmental and wastewater chemistry. Take the time to read the chapters slowly and carefully, as almost every sentence contains vital information that you have to know. Fairly easy to follow and the example problems give good explanations. Downsides are that there are very few pictures and there could be more example problems.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Overpriced piece of junk, September 26, 2008
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This review is from: Chemistry for Environmental Engineering and Science (Hardcover)
What a terrible book. I am currently taking an environmental chemistry course, and I'm learning more from my freshman Chem 101 notes and wikipedia than I am from this book. The chapters are too brief to even teach a topic, the examples aren't explained well, you have no idea what is truly going on because facts are simply thrown at you, and overall, this book makes you hate environmental chemistry.

Additionally, the book is exorbitantly priced, as there are NO illustrations whatsoever and the inside looks like some cheap international edition - no color, maybe a scatter plot here and there. It is impossible to visualize any concepts that the book discusses. The authors are probably snoozing in their mansions right now as miserable students attempt to learn from this worthless piece of trash. DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely the worst chemistry text ever. Period., October 4, 2009
This review is from: Chemistry for Environmental Engineering and Science (Hardcover)
As a chemist with a bachelor's and a doctorate, I've seen quite a few books on the subject. I can say with 100% certainty that this is the worst chemistry text ever. This book spews equations at the reader but does not connect any of the concepts. Key steps are left out of the explanations. The reader is left wondering how the authors got to the end of a multi-step problem in one step. Books like this one are what make students hate chemistry. Do yourself a favor and get any other chemistry book.
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Environmental engineers and scientists have evolved as professionals over the past century to address human heath and environmental problems resulting from industrial expansion, resource utilization, and the concentration of growing populations in cities. Read the first page
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logarithmic concentration diagram, ignoring activity corrections, ignore activity corrections, concentration diagram showing, diverse ion effect, seeded dilution water, algebraic approximation method, stoichiometric end point, carbonate alk, individual volatile acids, proton condition, environmental engineering practice, oxidation number change, grease determinations, titrating agent, engineered reactors, organic phosphorus pesticides, many industrial wastes, hydroxide alkalinity, candle turbidimeter, causing hardness, wastewater analysis, phenolphthalein end point, methyl orange end point, combined chlorine residuals
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New York, United States, American Public Health Association, John Wiley, Water Works Assoc, Environmental Protection Agency, Boca Raton, Englewood Cliffs, Environmental Organic Chemistry, Prentice Hall, Water Factory, Academic Press, Eriochrome Black, Fort Worth, Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry, Aquatic Chemical Kinetics, Reducing Acid, Saunders College Pubs, Water Pollution Control Federation, Yellow Blue, Chemical Society, Oxidizing Acid, Rework Example, Sewage Works, West Bengal
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