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Authors: Donald Langmuir
ISBN-13: 9780023674129, ISBN-10: 0023674121
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date Published: December 1996
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Donald Langmuir

Book Synopsis

Langmuir provides a thorough presentation of natural chemical concentrations, systems and processes to help readers (1) understand controls on the chemical quality of surface and subsurface waters, and (2) distinguish between the natural and the anthropogenic.

Unlike most authors, whose civil/sanitary engineering backgrounds promote a more aquatic chemistry perspective, LangmuirÕs geology/geochemistry experience focuses coverage on the chemical interactions between water and geological materials. The book provides valuable training in using in the geochemical computer code MINTEQA2 as an integral problem-solving tool.

Table of Contents

Preface
1Thermochemical Principles1
2Chemical Kinetics50
3Aqueous Complexes82
4Activity Coefficients of Dissolved Species123
5Acids and Bases149
6Carbonate Chemistry193
7Chemical Weathering231
8General Controls on Natural Water Chemistry266
9The Geochemistry of Clay Minerals312
10Adsorption-Desorption Reactions343
11Oxidation-Reduction Concepts403
12Iron and Sulfur Geochemistry431
13Actinides and Their Daughter and Fission Products486
Geochemical Computer Models558
References562
Index590

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