Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World - Remediation of Air and Water Pollution

Environmental chemistry is a fast developing science aimed at deciphering fundamental mechanisms ruling the behaviour of pollutants in ecosystems. Applying this knowledge to current environmental issues leads to the remediation of environmental media, and to new, low energy, low emission, sustainable processes. Chapters review analysis and remediation of pollutants such as greenhouse gases, chiral pharmaceuticals, dyes, chlorinated organics, arsenic, toxic metals and pathogen in air, water, plant and soil. Several highlights include the overlooked impact of air pollutants from buildings for health risk, innovative remediation techniques such as bioreactors for gas treatment, electrochemical cleaning of pharmaceuticals, sequestration on Fe-Mn nodules, phytoremediation and photocatalytical inactivation of microbial pathogens.

This book will be a valuable source of information for engineers and students developing novel applied techniques to monitor and clean pollutants in air, wastewater, soils and sediments.

List of contents

Section 1. Air and water pollution.- Section 2. Remediation.

Summary

Environmental chemistry is a fast developing science aimed at deciphering fundamental mechanisms ruling the behaviour of pollutants in ecosystems. Applying this knowledge to current environmental issues leads to the remediation of environmental media, and to new, low energy, low emission, sustainable processes. Chapters review analysis and remediation of pollutants such as greenhouse gases, chiral pharmaceuticals, dyes, chlorinated organics, arsenic, toxic metals and pathogen in air, water, plant and soil. Several highlights include the overlooked impact of air pollutants from buildings for health risk, innovative remediation techniques such as bioreactors for gas treatment, electrochemical cleaning of pharmaceuticals, sequestration on Fe-Mn nodules, phytoremediation and photocatalytical inactivation of microbial pathogens.
 
This book will be a valuable source of information for engineers and students developing novel applied techniques to monitor and clean pollutants in air, wastewater, soils and sediments.
 

Product details

• Assisted by: Eric Lichtfouse (Editor), Didier Robert (Editor), Ja Schwarzbauer (Editor), Jan Schwarzbauer (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.12.2013
• EAN: 9789400791961
• ISBN: 978-94-0-079196-1
• No. of pages: 541
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 238 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 850 g
• Illustrations: XVIII, 541 p. 131 illus., 40 illus. in color.
• Series: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World; Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; B, biochemistry, environmental science, engineering & technology, Earth and Environmental Science, Pollution & threats to the environment, Pollution, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Chemistry, Ecotoxicology, Pollution, general, Analytical Chemistry