About the Book: Environmental Chemistry: 2nd Edition
As per guidelines of the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, students in
the science stream at both the graduate as well as postgraduate level should be
taught Environmental Chemistry. The book starts with a general introduction
about environmental chemistry with a view to show that chemistry has played a
major role in a number of environmental problems. The first chapter deals with
the environmental, types of environment, segments of environment and
environmental pollution. Various biogeochemical cycles also form the
subject-matter in this chapter.
Chapter 2 on Hydrosphere covers characteristics of water including chemical
composition of ground water, river water and