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Environmental Chemistry (CID Chem 106B)
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This text is designed for CID Chem 106B - Environmental Chemistry. If covers topics of chemistry and the environment for non-science majors.
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Environmental Chemistry (CID CHEM 106B) Lab Manual
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This is a lab manual for Environmental Chemistry (CID Chem 106B).
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CEEG 445: Environmental Engineering Chemistry (Fall 2020)
Kevin Gilmore · Bucknell University
In the contents: 01: Chemistry Basics · 3.01: Prelude to Thermochemistry · 06: Acid-Base Chemistry
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Chemistry and the Environment: A Chemistry Perspective for discussion of Environmental Issues
Devin Latimer · University of Winnipeg · 2020
Chemistry and the Environment is designed to accompany a one-semester course in chemistry-based discussions of important environmental issues such as air pollution, the ozone layer, climate change and water quality. Chemical principles are introduced, followed by environmental ‘focus’ sections to base discussions on the scientific principles and societal intricacies of the individual topics. Instructors can also use the focus sections as a resource for presentation slides. Chemistry 2e is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the two-semester general chemistry course. The textbook provides an important opportunity for students to learn the core concepts of chemistry and understand how those concepts apply to their lives and the world around them.
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Introduction to Chemistry & the Environment
Hadeel Abozenadah, Adam Bishop, Scott Bitner, Kaysha Lehman and Patricia Flatt · Western Oregon University
This textbook uses a framework for understanding foundational concepts in chemistry including atomic structure, bonding, molecular interactions, chemical reactions, solutions, and acid-base chemistry to examine contemporary environmental challenges. Explore how chemistry contributes to solving real-world problem-solving.
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Key Elements of Green Chemistry
Lucian Lucia · North Carolina State University
In the contents: 01: Key Elements of Green Chemistry · 1.01: Introduction to Green Chemistry · 1.02: Green Chemistry Concepts
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Toxicology MSDT
Toxicology MSDT · LibreTexts
In the contents: 02: Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics · 7.3: Environmental Exposure Standards Guidelines · Section 16: Environmental Toxicology Environmental Health and One Health
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Environmental Toxicology
Sylvia Moes, Kees van Gestel, & Gerco van Beek · LibreTexts
In the contents: 01: Environmental Toxicology · 1.01: Environmental toxicology · 02: Environmental Chemistry Chemicals
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Geochemistry
Stephen Lower · Simon Fraser University
In the contents: 2.03: Chemistry and geochemistry of the oceans · 4.01: Chemistry and Energetics of the Life Process
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Bending the Curve: Climate Change Solutions
Veerabhadran Ramanathan; Roger Aines; Max Auffhammer · eScholarship · 2019
Climate change is an urgent problem. Because it is causing new weather extremes and fatal catastrophes, climate change is better termed climate disruption. Bending the curve to flatten the upward trajectory of pollution emissions responsible for climate disruption is essential in order to protect billions of people from this global threat. Education is a key part of the solution. This textbook book lays out ten solutions that together can bend the curve of climate warming below dangerous levels. These solutions fall into six categories: science, societal transformation, governance, economics, technology, and ecosystem management. Four themes emerge from the book: * There is still time to bend the curve. The time to act was yesterday, but if proper actions are taken now, there is still time to avoid disastrous changes. We have to pull on three levers: The carbon lever to achieve zero net emissions of carbon dioxide before 2050; the short-lived climate pollutants lever to drastically reduce concentrations of other major climate pollutants; and the atmospheric carbon extraction lever to remove massive amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. * Bending the curve will require interdisciplinary solutions. Climate change requires integrating approaches from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, so this textbook—unlike most on climate change solutions—does just that, with chapters written by experts in climate science, social justice, economics, environmental policy, political science, energy technologies, ecology, and religion. Bending the curve also requires preservation and restoration of ecological systems. * Bending the curve requires a radical shift in attitude. This shift requires change in behavior, change in our attitudes towards each other, and change in our attitude towards nature. Climate justice has to be an integral part of the solution. * Technology, market mechanism and policy need to be a part of the solution. New market mechanisms an
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Laboratory Manual: General Chemistry II Honors
Adedoyin Adeyiga · The Pennsylvania Alliance for Design of Open Textbooks (PA-ADOPT) · 2025
General Chemistry II Honors Laboratory Manual (2025) is designed to expose students to labs with applications. Chemical instrumentation for analyses of different substances is showcased; analysis of common household and environmental samples was delved into. The belief is that honors level students should get early introduction to chemical instrumentation and their use in carrying out sample testing and analysis.
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Environmental Toxicology
Kees van Gestel · Environmental Toxicology · 2020
This open online textbook on Environmental Toxicology aims at covering the field in its full width, including aspects of environmental chemistry, ecotoxicology, toxicology and risk assessment. With that, it will contribute to improving the quality, continuity and transparency of the education in environmental toxicology. We also want to make sure that fundamental insights on fate and effects of chemicals gained in the past are combined with recent approaches of effect assessment and molecular analysis of mechanisms causing toxicity. The book consists of six chapters, with each chapter being divided into several sub-chapters to enable covering all aspects relevant to the topic. All chapters are designed in a modular way, which each module having clear training goals and being flagged with a number of keywords. Most modules have an average length of 1000-2000 words, a limited number of references, and 3-5 figures and/or tables. A few modules are enlighted with short clips, animations or movies to allow better illustration of the theory. The introduction chapter of the book, for instance, contains a short interview with two key experts reflecting on the development of the field over the past 30 years. The book contains tools for self-study and training, like a (limited) number of questions at the end of each module. For the future we foresee the addition of separate exercises and other tools that may help the student in understanding the theory.
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General Chemistry: Principles, Patterns, and Applications
Bruce Averill; Patricia Eldredge · Saylor Foundation · 2011
The overall goal of the authors with General Chemistry: Principles, Patterns, and Applications was to produce a text that introduces the students to the relevance and excitement of chemistry. Although much of first-year chemistry is taught as a service course, Bruce and Patricia feel there is no reason that the intrinsic excitement and potential of chemistry cannot be the focal point of the text and the course. So, they emphasize the positive aspects of chemistry and its relationship to students' lives, which requires bringing in applications early and often. In addition, the authors feel that many first year chemistry students have an enthusiasm for biologically and medically relevant topics, so they use an integrated approach in their text that includes explicit discussions of biological and environmental applications of chemistry. Topics relevant to materials science are also introduced to meet the more specific needs of engineering students. To facilitate integration of such material, simple organic structures, nomenclature, and reactions are introduced very early in the text, and both organic and inorganic examples are used wherever possible. This approach emphasizes the distinctions between ionic and covalent bonding, thus enhancing the students' chance of success in the organic chemistry course that traditionally follows general chemistry. Finally, the authors made a conscious effort to treat material that has traditionally been relegated to boxes, and thus perhaps perceived as peripheral by the students, by incorporating it into the text to serve as a learning tool. To begin the discussion of chemistry rapidly, the traditional first chapter introducing units, significant figures, conversion factors, dimensional analysis, and so on, has been reorganized. The material has been placed in the chapters where the relevant concepts are first introduced, thus providing three advantages: Eliminates the tedium of the traditional approach, which introduces mathematical
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Radiobiology Textbook
Sarah Baatout · Springer · 2023
This open access textbook focuses on the various aspects of radiobiology. The goal of radiobiological research is to better understand the effects of radiation exposure at the cellular and molecular levels in order to determine the impact on health. This book offers a unique perspective, by covering not only radiation biology but also radiation physics, radiation oncology, radiotherapy, radiochemistry, radiopharmacy, nuclear medicine, space radiation biology & physics, environmental and human radiation protection, nuclear emergency planning, molecular biology and bioinformatics, as well as the ethical, legal and social considerations related to radiobiology. This range of disciplines contributes to making radiobiology a broad and rather complex topic. This textbook is intended to provide a solid foundation to those interested in the basics and practice of radiobiological science. It is a learning resource, meeting the needs of students, scientists and medical staff with an interest in this rapidly evolving discipline, as well as a teaching tool, with accompanying teaching material to help educators.
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Environmental Analysis (NWTC)
Erin Hansel · Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
In the contents: 3.01: Chemistry Review
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ENVS C100: Environmental Science
Tanya Hoerer · Coastline College
In the contents: 1.01: Environmental Science Preface · 02: Environmental Chemistry · 2.01: Geochemistry (Lower)
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NATS 106: Chemical and Biological Systems (UIC)
Lianne Schroeder · University of Illinois Chicago
In the contents: 1.01: Chemistry - The Central Science · 05: Introduction to Organic Chemistry · 5.01: Prelude to Organic Chemistry - Alkanes and Halogenated Hydrocarbons
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Intrumental Analysis
David Harvey · DePauw University
In the contents: 19.02: Environmental Effects on NMR Spectra · 22: An Introduction to Electroanalytical Chemistry
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CHEM 2141: Survey of Physical Chemistry
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In the contents: 02: General Chemistry Review · 8.01: Chemistry of Cooking (Rodriguez-Velazquez) · 8.1.4.01: Sugar Chemistry (ADD US)
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General Biology
OpenStax · LibreTexts
In the contents: 01: Unit I- The Chemistry of Life · 8.2.04: Environmental Limits to Population Growth