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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.
List of contents
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.
Summary
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.
