Chemistry of the Solid-Water Interface: Processes at the Mineral-Water and Particle-Water Interface in Natural Systems

ISBN-13: 9780471576723 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 448 str.

Werner Stumm;Stumm

Opis

This volume presents researchers and students in the fields of geochemistry, oceanography, soil science and the environmental sciences with an introduction to the chemistry of the solid-water interface. It stresses principles and demonstrates how they can be applied.

Spis treści

The Coordination Chemistry of the Hydrous Oxide–Water Interface.

Surface Charge and the Electric Double Layer.

Adsorption.

The Kinetics of Surface Controlled Dissolution of Oxide Minerals: An Introduction to Weathering.

Precipitation and Nucleation.

Particle–Particle Interaction.

Carbonates and Their Reactivities.

Redox Processes Mediated by Surfaces.

Heterogeneous Photochemistry.

Regulation of Trace Elements by the Solid–Water Interface in Surface Waters.

References.

Index.