Water Quality Data: Analysis and Interpretation - Hardcover

Hounslow, Arthur

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0873716760 ISBN 13: 9780873716765

Publisher: CRC Press, 1995

Synopsis

Water Quality Data emphasizes the interpretation of a water analysis or a group of analyses, with major applications on ground-water pollution or contaminant transport. A companion computer program aids in obtaining accurate, reproducible results, and alleviates some of the drudgery involved in water chemistry calculations. The text is divided into nine chapters and includes computer programs applicable to all the main concepts presented. After introducing the fundamental aspects of water chemistry, the book focuses on the interpretation of water chemical data. The interrelationships between the various aspects of geochemistry and between chemistry and geology are discussed. The book describes the origin and interpretation of the major elements, and some minor ones, that affect water quality. Readers are introduced to the elementary thermodynamics necessary to understand the use and results from water equilibrium computer programs. The book includes a detailed overview of organic chemistry and identifies the simpler and environmentally important organic chemicals. Methods are given to estimate the distribution of organic chemicals in the environment. The author fully explains all accompanying computer programs and presents this complex topic in a style that is interesting and easy to grasp for anyone.

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Hounslow, Arthur

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Water Quality Data emphasizes the interpretation of a water analysis or a group of analyses, with major applications on ground-water pollution or contaminant transport. The text is divided into nine chapters and includes computer programs applicable to all main concepts presented. An introduction to water chemistry is also provided, as are descriptions of the origin and interpretation of elements affecting water quality. Readers are introduced to the elementary thermodynamics necessary to understand the use of - and results from - water equilibrium computer programs. The book includes a detailed overview of organic chemistry and identifies the environmentally important organic chemicals and methods are given to estimate the distribution of organic chemicals in the environment. The author fully explains all accompanying computer programs.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0873716760
• ISBN 13: 9780873716765
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416