Enviromental Chemistry
1.0 Introduction
1.0 Introduction
In last 2 decades, the study of the phenomena related to the environment has gained enormous importance. Environmental pollution has becomes one of the most important issue of global concern. The branch of chemistry which deals with the study of various chemical phenomena occurring in the environment is called environmental chemistry. It is a must disciplinary science which, refer to the study of sources transport, reactions, effect & fate of certain chemical species on air, water & solid. The accessible components of environment are
(i) Atmosphere
This comprises a blanket of gaseous layer around earth.
(ii) Hydrosphere
This comprises about 96% of earths surface & includes all sources of water like oceans rivers lakes, glaciers, ground water etc.
(iii) Lithosphere
It refers to earths solid crust containing the outer mineral cover. It comprise soil, minerals, organic matter etc.
(iv) Biosphere
It refers to the domain of living organism in covalent with atmosphere hydrosphere as well as lithosphere.
