Environmental Chemistry [Paperback]

Stanley E. Manahan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 23, 1994 | ISBN-10: 1566700884 | ISBN-13: 978-1566700887 | Edition: 6th

Here's what you'll find in the Sixth Edition: Chapter 1 provides an overview of environmental science and how it relates to technology. An overall introduction to environmental chemistry is given in Chapter 2. Chapters on aquatic and atmospheric chemistry, chemistry of the geosphere and soil, and hazardous wastes have been thoroughly updated. New chapters on Environmental Biochemistry and Chemical Analysis have been added. New chapters on the Fundamentals of Chemistry (and Organic Chemistry) have been added, providing a thorough grounding in the basic chemical sciences.

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Review

This is a reference book, highly recommended for students and professors involved in specialized courses in environmental chemistry, and for those individuals interested in getting a general knowledge of this multidisciplinary science.

International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, July 2005 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 811 pages
• Publisher: CRC-Press; 6th edition (August 23, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566700884
• ISBN-13: 978-1566700887
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.2 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #233,703 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good Reference Text; Poor Class Text, June 19, 2000

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This review is from: Environmental Chemistry (Paperback)

I used this text a few years ago when I was writing a paper on ethics of pesticide use, and it certainly details information well. However, the general tone is often anal and the writing style is extremely drab. Most of the diagrams included were generated using low-budget graphics software, and it shows. At 811 pages, this is an overly long book and not all the chapters (24 total) can be covered in a single Echem course. Also, there is no solutions manual and the problems Manahan gives are challening (a section of numerical solutions placed in the back of the text would have been nice...) This is a good reference text, but if you're looking for a semester-long or short-term text to use for an Echem course, use Baird's text, not Manahan's.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Text is good in introduction of topics, poor for advanced, June 26, 1999

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This review is from: Environmental Chemistry (Paperback)

Text gives good introduction to concepts only and not good for advanced studies because not explain how to apply the concepts to real world problems. It lacks in calculations needed to sovle problems and has no solution guide for the questions that are in the text. A lot of reference texts will be needed to solve the problems. No periodic table found in the text or conversion chart in the text which is very poor for a chemistry text. But it is an excellent text for learning the concepts of environmental chemistry.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An excellent introduction to modern topics in e-chem., June 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Environmental Chemistry (Paperback)

Manahan compiles many sources of information into one, easy to follow and compact reference. The only limitation of the text is the absence of sample calculations for solving the problems that come at the end of each chapter. Reference to a solutions guide would be helpful.