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Chemical Fate and Transport in the Environment
3rd Edition - June 13, 2014
Authors: Harold F. Hemond, Elizabeth J. Fechner
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780123982568
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eBook ISBN:9780123982667
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The third edition of Chemical Fate and Transport in the Environment—winner of a 2015 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from The Text and Academic Authors Associ…Read more
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The third edition of Chemical Fate and Transport in the Environment—winner of a 2015 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from The Text and Academic Authors Association—explains the fundamental principles of mass transport, chemical partitioning, and chemical/biological transformations in surface waters, in soil and groundwater, and in air. Each of these three major environmental media is introduced by descriptive overviews, followed by a presentation of the controlling physical, chemical, and biological processes. The text emphasizes intuitively based mathematical models for chemical transport and transformations in the environment, and serves both as a textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental science and engineering, and as a standard reference for environmental practitioners.
Winner of a 2015 Texty Award from the Text and Academic Authors Association
Includes many worked examples as well as extensive exercises at the end of each chapter
Illustrates the interconnections and similarities among environmental media through its coverage of surface waters, the subsurface, and the atmosphere
Written and organized concisely to map to a single-semester course
Discusses and builds upon fundamental concepts, ensuring that the material is accessible to readers who do not have an extensive background in environmental science
Senior undergraduate and first-year graduate students in environmental science or environmental engineering programs; students in other disciplines, such as geotechnical engineering, who seek basic environmental literacy; practitioners in environmental consulting and management firms and government agencies
Preface
Chapter 1: Basic Concepts
Abstract
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Chemical Concentration
1.3 Mass Balance and Units
1.4 Physical Transport of Chemicals
1.5 Mass Balance in an Infinitely Small Control Volume: The Advection-Dispersion-Reaction Equation
1.6 Basic Environmental Chemistry
1.7 Chemical Distribution Among Phases at Equilibrium
1.8 Analytical Chemistry and Measurement Error
1.9 Conclusion
Chapter 2: Surface Waters
Abstract
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Physical Transport in Surface Waters
2.3 Air-Water Exchange
2.4 Chemical and Biological Characteristics of Surface Waters
2.5 Dissolved Oxygen Modeling in Surface Waters
2.6 Biotransformation and Biodegradation
2.7 Abiotic Chemical Transformations
2.8 Conclusion
Chapter 3: The Subsurface Environment
Abstract
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Physics of Groundwater Movement
3.3 Flow in the Unsaturated (Vadose) Zone
3.4 The Flow of Nonaqueous Phase Liquids
3.5 Retardation
3.6 Biodegradation in the Subsurface Environment
3.7 Subsurface Remediation
3.8 Conclusion
Chapter 4: The Atmosphere
Abstract
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Atmospheric Stability
4.3 Circulation of the Atmosphere
4.4 Transport of Chemicals in the Atmosphere
4.5 Physical Removal of Chemicals from the Atmosphere
4.6 Atmospheric Chemical Reactions
4.7 The Greenhouse Effect and Global Climate Change
4.8 Conclusion
Appendix: Dimensions and Units for Environmental Quantities
A.1 Fundamental Dimensions and Common Units of Measurement
A.2 Derived Dimensions and Common Units
Index
No. of pages: 486
Language: English
Edition: 3
Published: June 13, 2014
Imprint: Academic Press
Hardback ISBN: 9780123982568
eBook ISBN: 9780123982667
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Harold F. Hemond
Harry Hemond is William E. Leonhard Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a winner of MIT's Irwin Sizer Award for his course "Chemicals in the Environment: Fate and Transport," and has won multiple teaching awards. He is an author of numerous scientific papers on biogeochemistry and related environmental topics. A registered professional engineer, Professor Hemond has also consulted with governmental agencies and industry.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
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Elizabeth J. Fechner
Elizabeth Fechner was a teaching assistant for the MIT course on which this book is based. She has worked for several environmental consulting firms, performing fate and transport analyses for private clients and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She has also provided technical support to attorneys in cases of environmental litigation.
Affiliations and expertise
Consulting Scientist, Syracuse, New York, USA
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