Environmental surfaces and interfaces from the nanoscale to the global scale / Patricia A. Maurice.

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Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Some fundamental chemical thermodynamic and kinetic concepts
  • The hydrologic cycle as context for environmental surfaces and interfaces
  • Some minerals of special interest to environmental surface chemistry
  • Some key techniques for investigating surfaces and interfaces
  • Surfaces and interfaces
  • The charged interface and surface complexation
  • Sorption: inorganic cations and anions
  • Sorption: organic compounds
  • Mineral nucleation and growth
  • Mineral weathering and dissolution
  • Plants as environmental surfaces
  • Microorganisms as environmental surfaces
  • Environmental nanoscience and nanotechnology
  • The big picture: interface processes and the environment.