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Geochemistry : pathways and processes

Author
McSween, Harry Y.
Published
New York : Columbia University Press, 2003.
Edition
2nd ed. / Harry Y. McSween, Jr., Steven M. Richardson, Maria E. Uhle.
Physical Description
xvi, 363 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Additional Creators
Richardson, Steven McAfee, Uhle, Maria E., and Richardson, Steven McAfee

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Contents
ǂt Introducing Concepts in Geochemical Systems -- ǂt Historical Overview -- ǂt Beginning Your Study of Geochemistry -- ǂt Geochemical Variables -- ǂt Geochemical Systems -- ǂt Thermodynamics and Kinetics -- ǂt An Example: Comparing Thermodynamic and Kinetic Approaches -- ǂt Notes on Problem Solving -- ǂt How Elements Behave -- ǂt Elements, Atoms, and the Structure of Matter -- ǂt Elements and the Periodic Table -- ǂt The Atomic Nucleus and Isotopes -- ǂt The Basis for Chemical Bonds: The Electron Cloud -- ǂt Size, Charge, and Stability -- ǂt Elemental Associations -- ǂt Bonding -- ǂt Perspectives on Bonding -- ǂt Structural Implications of Bonding -- ǂt Retrospective on Bonding -- ǂt A First Look at Thermodynamic Equilibrium -- ǂt Temperature and Equations of State -- ǂt Work -- ǂt The First Law of Thermodynamics -- ǂt Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics -- ǂt Entropy and Disorder -- ǂt Reprise: The Internal Energy Function Made Useful -- ǂt Auxiliary Functions of State -- ǂt Enthalpy -- ǂt The Helmholtz Function -- ǂt Gibbs Free Energy -- ǂt Cleaning Up the Act: Conventions for E, H, F, G, and S -- ǂt Composition as a Variable -- ǂt Components -- ǂt Changes in E, H, F, and G Due to Composition -- ǂt Conditions for Heterogeneous Equilibrium -- ǂt The Gibbs-Duhem Equation -- ǂt How to Handle Solutions -- ǂt Crystalline Solid Solutions -- ǂt Amorphous Solid Solutions -- ǂt Melt Solutions -- ǂt Electrolyte Solutions -- ǂt Gas Mixtures -- ǂt Solutions That Behave Ideally -- ǂt Solutions That Behave Nonideally -- ǂt Activity in Electrolyte Solutions -- ǂt The Mean Salt Method -- ǂt The Debye-Huckel Method -- ǂt Solubility -- ǂt The Ionic Strength Effect.
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ISBN
0231124406 (acid-free paper)
Note
Rev. ed. of: Geochemistry / Steven M. Richardson. c1989.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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