Aquatic Chemical Concepts

by James F. Pankow

A textbook covering all the basic concepts of aquatic chemistry, in a manner suitable for independent study as well as classroom teaching.

27 Chapters (673 pages) with numerous illustrations.
ISBN 0-87371-150-5.

Published by Lewis Publishers, Chelsea, MI. Copies can be purchased from the CRC Press web page, or by calling the CRC Press at 1-800-272-7737.

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Chapter Listing

Part I. Introduction

• Chapter 1 Overview

• Chapter 2 Thermodynamic Principles

Part II. Acid/Base Chemistry

• Chapter 3 [H⁺] As an Important and Meaningful Thermodynamic Variable in Aquatic Chemistry

• Chapter 4 The Proton Balance, Electroneutrality, and Mass Balance Equations

• Chapter 5 Introduction to Quantitative Equilibrium Calculations

• Chapter 6 pH as a Master Variable

• Chapter 7 Titrations of Acids and Bases

• Chapter 8 Buffer Intensity beta, and the Effects of Changes in beta with pH on Titration Curves

• Chapter 9 Chemistry of Dissolved CO₂

• Chapter 10 Gran Titrations

Part III. Mineral/Solution Chemistry

• Chapter 11 Solubility Behaviors of Simple Mineral Salts, and Metal Oxides, Hydroxides, and Oxyhydroxides

• Chapter 12 Solubility Behavior of Metal Carbonates in Closed Systems

• Chapter 13 Solubility of Metal Carbonates in Open Systems with a Gas Phase of Constant pCO₂

• Chapter 14 Solubility Control, Solubility Limitation, the Coexistence of Multiple Solid Phases, and Multiple-Solid Predominance Diagrams

• Chapter 15 Solubility as a Function of Particle Size

• Chapter 16 Solid/Solid and Liquid/Liquid Solution Mixtures

• Chapter 17 The Gibbs Phase Rule

Part IV. Metal/Ligand Chemistry

• Chapter 18 Complexation of Metal Ions by Ligands

Part V. Redox Chemistry

• Chapter 19 Redox Reactions pe, and Eh

• Chapter 20 Introduction to pe-pH Diagrams: The Cases of Aqueous Chlorine, Hydrogen, and Oxygen

• Chapter 21 pe-pH Diagrams for Aqueous Lead in the Absence of CO₂

• Chapter 22 pe-pH Diagram for Aqueous Lead in the Presence of CO₂ with Fixed C_T

• Chapter 23 pe and Natural Systems

• Chapter 24 The pe Changes in a Stratified Lake During a Period of Summer Stagnation: An Example of a Redox Titration

Part VI. Effects of Electrical Charges on Solution Chemistry

• Chapter 25 The Debye-Huckel Law and Related Equations for the Activity Coefficients of Aqueous Ions

• Chapter 26 Electrical Double Layers in the Aqueous System

• Chapter 27 Stability and Coagulation of Colloidal Suspensions

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