Basic physical chemistry for the atmospheric sciences

Abstract

Updated and revised, this highly successful text details the basic chemical principles required for modern studies of atmospheres, oceans, and Earth and planetary systems. This completely accessible introduction allows undergraduate and graduate students with little formal training in chemistry to grasp such fundamental concepts as chemical equilibria, chemical thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, solution chemistry, acid and base chemistry, oxidation-reduction reactions, and photochemistry. In the companion volume Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry (also to be published in May 2000), Peter Hobbs details atmospheric chemistry itself, including its applications to air pollution, acid rain, the ozone hole, and climate change. Together these two books offer an ideal introduction to atmospheric chemistry for a variety of disciplines. CONTENTS 1. Chemical Equilibrium/ 2. Chemical Thermodynamics/ 3. Chemical Kinetics/ 4. Solution Chemistry and Aqueous Equilibria/ 5. Acids and Bases/ 6. Oxidation-Reduction Reactions/ 7. Photochemistry/ Appendix I. The International System of Units (SI)/ Appendix II. Some Useful Numerical Values/ Appendix III. Atomic Weights/ Appendix IV Equilibrium (or Dissociation) Constants for Some Chemical Reactions; Appendix V. Some Molar Standard Gibbs Free Energies of Formation, Molar Standard Enthalpies (or Heats) of Formation and Molar Absolute Entropies at 25CRC and Atmosphere; Appendix VI. Names, Formulae and Charges of Some Common Ions; Appendix VII. Answers to Problems and Hints and Solutions to Selected Problems