Donald L. Sparks

Mineral Water Interfacial Reactions Donald L. Sparks

This text begins with a broad overview of mineral or water interfacial reactions, then continues with three sections written by internationally known experts. The first deals specifically with spectroscopic and microscopic techniques that can be used in combination with macroscopic approaches to glean mechanistic information on mineral or water reactions and processes. The second section emphasizes computer models that are used to elucidate surface mediated reaction mechanisms. The remainder of the volume is organized around reaction type, including sorption and desorption of organic and inorganic species, precipitation and dissolution processes, heterogeneous electron transfer reactions, photochemically driven reactions, and microbially mediated reactions.