Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Symbols and Acronyms
Symbols
Acronyms
Units for physical quantities
Important constants

Conversion Factors
Energy-related quantities
Pressure
Some useful relationships

Part I. Prologue
1 Introductory matters
2 Aqueous geochemistry I: Inorganic chemical composition of natural waters

Part II. Theory, Fundamentals, and Important Tools
3 The thermodynamic basis for equilibrium chemistry
4 Activity-concentration relationships
5 Fundamentals of chemical kinetics
6 Fundamentals of organic chemistry for environmental systems

Part III. Chemical Equilibria and Kinetics
7 Principles of acid-base equilibria
8 Solving acid-base equilibria and the carbonate system
9 Complexation reactions and metal ion speciation
10 Solubility: Reactions of solid phases with water
11 Redox equilibria and kinetics
12 Surface chemistry and sorption
13 Partitioning and chemical transformations of organic contaminants

Part IV. Chemistry of Natural Waters and Engineered Systems
14 Fundamentals of photochemistry and some applications in aquatic systems
15 Chemistry of chlorine and other oxidants/disinfectants
16 Aqueous geochemistry II: Provenance, weathering, and landscape models for natural waters
17 The minor elements: Fe, Mn, Al
18 Dissolved oxygen
19 Nutrient cycles and the chemistry of nitrogen and phosphorus
20 Natural organic matter

Appendix: Free energies and enthalpies of formation of common
chemical species

Index

About the Author

Patrick L. Brezonik is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering at the University of Minnesota. His research interests have included various surface water quality issues, nutrient chemistry, natural organic matter, and applications of satellite imagery to analyze large-scale patterns in surface water quality.

William A. Arnold is the Distinguished McKnight University and Joseph T. Rose S. Ling Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering at the University of Minnesota. His research interests include transformation and remediation of anthropogenic chemicals in the environment, photochemistry, and surface-mediated redox processes.