Gulliver Transport and Fate of Chemicals in the Environment

Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4614-5731-2
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 378 Seiten, eBook

What happens when a chemical is released into the environment? It diffuses, disperses, adsorbs, reacts, and/or changes state.  To predict and analyze this process, the mathematics of diffusion is applied to lakes, rivers, groundwater, the atmosphere, the oceans, and transport between these media.  A sustainable world requires a deep understanding of the transport of chemicals through the environment and how to address and harness this process.  This volume presents a succinct and in-depth introduction to this critical topic.  Featuring authoritative, peer-reviewed articles from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Transport and Fate of Chemicals in the Environment represents an essential one-stop reference for an audience of researchers, undergraduate and graduate students, and industry professionals.

Zielgruppe

Upper undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gulliver, John S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Transport and Fate of Chemicals in the Environment, Introduction.- 2. Chemicals in the Environment, Diffusive Transport.- 3. Toxic Organic Chemicals.- 4. Transport in the Environment.- 5. Chemicals in the Environment, Turbulent Transport.- 6. Chemicals in the Environment, Dispersive Transport.- 7.  Transport with Jets and Plumes of Chemicals in the Environment.- 8. Atmosphere-Water Exchange.- 9. Sediment-Water Interfaces, Chemical Flux at.- 10. River Fate and Transport.- 11. Lake and Reservoir Fate and Transport of Chemicals.- 12. Oceanic Fate and Transport of Chemicals.- 13. Subsurface Fate and Transport of Chemicals.- Index.