Transport and Fate of Toxics in the Environment
CE 410/510 ESR 410/510
Chemistry Refreshment
Below are a few ideas for General Chemistry texts that you might find useful for review. These are all in the PSU library. The call-numbers are included so that you can find them easily.
QD31.2 .H62 1995 Elements of general, organic, and biological chemistry / John Holum.
QD31.2 .W66 1980 General college chemistry / Charles W. Keenan, Donald C. Kleinfelter, Jesse H. Wood.
QD42 .B64 1987 How to solve general chemistry problems. Boikess, Robert S.,
QD42 .W74 1977 Problem-solving in general chemistry / Christopher J. Willis.
Also, since we will be discussing the behavior of toxic metals such as lead and cadmium, you might find it useful to check out this website:
http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/pertable_j.htm
This is the "Visual Elements Periodic Table" site maintained by the Chemical Society (of the UK). You can see the periodic table, but also you can click on any element and get a thumbnail descriptions of its uses and properties. In the thumbnail info page you can then click on the "Chemical Data" button in lower left corner to get more detailed information, along with a nice graphic of the element.
And while we're at it, another handy site is post for another course is
which defines almost every imaginable acronym used in the environmental field. It's mostly regulatory acronyms, but does include common chemicals such as TCE, DDT, PCE, PCB, etc.
Finally, this site has over 7,000 links about chemistry and an excellent list of environmental links: