Scientific principles for physical geographers / Ian Bradbury, John Boyle and Andy Morse
Imprint
Harlow : Prentice-Hall, 2002
Descript
xviii, 301 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Units and measurement -- Chemical elements -- Atomic structure -- Ions and ionization -- Molecules and compounds -- Configuration of electrons -- Linking atoms: chemical bonding -- Chemical substances: values and amounts -- Chemical reactions -- Gas phase reactions -- Acids and bases -- Ions, particles and solutions -- Oxidation, reduction and redox reactions -- Families of elements -- Organic chemistry -- Physics in words -- Introduction to matter -- Changes of state -- Heat and heat transfer -- Mechanics -- Electricity and magnetism -- Radioactivity -- Using isotopes in environmental study -- Working with numbers -- Use of data and graphs -- Fundamentals of energy -- Waves -- Life's chemistry -- Enzymes -- Energy and life -- Chemical equilibria -- Mineral weathering -- Physical properties of water -- Chemistry of water -- Profiles of the earth