An Introduction to Environmental Chemistry

2.10 Further reading

Atkins, P. (1995) The Periodic Kingdom. A Journey into the Land of the Chemical Elements.

Phoenix, London.

Cox, P.A. (1995) The Elements on Earth; Inorganic Chemistry in the Environment. Oxford

University Press, Oxford.

Gill, R. (1996) Chemical Fundamentals of Geology, 2nd edn. Chapman & Hall, London.

2.11 Internet search keywords

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Periodic table

chemical bonding

covalent bonds

ionic bonds

balancing equations

mole Avogadro

concentration units chemistry

activity coefficient

basic hydrocarbon chemistry

benzene ring

aromatic hydrocarbon

functional groups

radioactive decay