Environmental Organic Chemistry

Name: Environmental Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9780471357506

ISBN-10: 0471357502

ISBN-13: 9780471357506

Edition: 2nd 2002 (Revised)

Authors: Renï¿½ P. Schwarzenbach, Philip M. Gschwend, Dieter M. Imboden

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Description:

This work focuses on environmental factors that govern the processes that determine the fate of organic chemicals in natural and engineered systems.

Book details

List price: $150.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/30/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1328
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.00" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 5.896
Language: English



Preface



Introduction


General Topic and Overview


An Introduction to Environmental Organic Chemicals



Equilibrium Partitioning Between Gaseous, Liquids, and Solid Phases


Partitioning: Molecular Interactions and Thermodynamics


Vapor Pressure


Activity Coefficient and Solubility in Water


Air-Organic Solvent and Air-Water Partitioning


Organic Liquid-Water Partitioning


Organic Acids and Bases: Acidity Constant and Partitioning Behavior



General Introduction and Sorption Processes Involving Organic Matter



Partitioning to Living Media - Bioaccumulation and Baseline Toxicity



Sorption Processes Involving Inorganic Surfaces



Transformation Processes


Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Transformation Reactions



Hydrolysis and Reactions Involving Other Nucleophilic Species



Redox Reactions


Direct Photolysis


Indirect Photolysis: Reactions with Photooxidants in Natural Waters and in the Atmosphere


Biological Transformations



Modeling Tools: Transport and Reaction


Transport by Random Motion


Transport Through Boundaries


Air-Water Exchange


Box Models


Models in Space and Time



Environmental Systems and Case Studies


Ponds, Lakes, and Oceans


Rivers


Groundwater


Appendix


Bibliography


Index (Subject Index, Compound Index, List of Illustrative Examples)