Climate Change Chemistry

About the Author xiii
About the Artist and Cover Art xiv
Preface xvi
Acknowledgments xxii
About the Companion Website xxiv

Part I Chemical Bonding and Vibrational Modes 1

1 Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics 3
2 Chemical Bonding 37
3 Group Theory, Point Groups, and Vibrational Modes of Triatomic Gases 59

Part II Chemical Reactivity and the Historic Progression from Regional to Global Anthropogenic Impacts: The Helsinki Protocol, The Montreal Protocol, and the Paris Agreement 91

4 Molecular Orbital Theory and the Application of Electronic Structure Up to Polyatomic Molecules 93
5 Methane, C-1 Chemistry, and Chlorofluorocarbons 121
6 CO2: Global Warming and Ocean Acidification 153

Part III Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Strategies 187

7 Greenhouse Gas Mitigation: The Methanol Economy and Methane Oxidation 189
8 Artificial Photosynthesis I: Water Oxidation and Hydrogen Production 223
9 Artificial Photosynthesis II: CO2 Reduction and Solar Fuels 271
10 Nitrogen Fixation and Ammonia Synthesis 317

Afterword: Ultimately, It Distills to the Source of Energy and Its Rate of Consumption 349
Appendix A: Point Groups Used in Chapters 353
Index 357

Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.

• Aquecimento global
• Meteorologia e climatologia
• Química orgânica