Prediction of the Environmental Fate of Chemicals by Y. Samiullah (English) Hard

Description: Prediction of the Environmental Fate of Chemicals by Y. Samiullah Concern over the effects of chemicals in the environment has been increasing for many years. via a spillage or in an effluent, it is potentially subject to a wide variety of processes which may eliminate it from the environment completely, modify it into a more or less harmful substance, or transfer it to another part of the environment. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This work studies the release of chemicals into the environment and the processes and pathways by which they reach sites of toxic action within the environment. The properties of chemicals are discussed in the second chapter, and their release into the environment, whether naturally or by industrial processes or accidents, and their subsequent environmental pathways are covered in Chapter three. Having entered the environment a chemical is potentially subject to a wide range of processes which may completely eliminate it from the environment, modify it into another more or less harmful substance, or transfer it to another part of the environment. These processes are considered within soil, aquatic and atmospheric environments. Environmental modelling is a method in predicting the toxic effect of chemicals in the environment and of enabling the assessment of environmental hazards and the appropriate control measure to be defined. Modelling strategies are covered in Chapter four.In presenting methods and principles which can be used in predicting and understanding the fate of chemicals in the environment, this volume should be of interest to all environmental and pollution scientists, laboratory chemists and analysts, and those working in governmental environmental monitoring agencies and industrial personnel concerned with waste disposal. Table of Contents 1 Introduction.- 2 Fundamental Properties of Chemicals.- 2.1. Introduction.- 2.2. Molecular and molar properties.- 2.3. Partition coefficients.- 2.4. Partition coefficient and bioconcentration.- 3 Chemical Release and Environmental Pathways.- 3.1. Natural phenomena.- 3.2. Human activities.- 3.3. Manufacturing processes.- 3.4. Physical form and source description.- 3.5. Estimating releases.- 3.6. Environmental pathways.- 4 Modelling Strategies.- 4.1. Modelling philosophy.- 4.2. Model categories.- 4.3. Material balance and dimensional analysis.- 4.4. Partitioning models.- 4.5. Fugacity.- 4.6. System design.- 4.7. Model evaluation.- 5 The Soil Environment.- 5.1. Introduction.- 5.2. Physical processes.- 5.3. Chemical processes.- 5.4. Mathematical models of soil systems.- 6 The Aquatic Environment.- 6.1. Introduction.- 6.2. The hydrosphere.- 6.3. Physical processes.- 6.4. Chemical processes.- 6.5. Biodegradation..- 6.6. Mathematical models.- 7 The Atmospheric Environment.- 7.1. Introduction.- 7.2. Acidification pathways.- 7.3. Atmospheric sink mechanisms.- 7.4. Atmospheric residence time.- 7.5. Atmospheric dispersion modeling.- 8 Conclusions.- References and Bibliography. Long Description Concern over the effects of chemicals in the environment has been increasing for many years. Environmental contamination by DDT, Aldrin, Dieldrin, mercury, PCBs, organotins and many other sub Details ISBN1851664505 Publisher Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Year 1990 ISBN-10 1851664505 ISBN-13 9781851664504 Format Hardcover Imprint Kluwer Academic Publishers Place of Publication Dordrecht Country of Publication Netherlands Edited by Yusaf Samiullah Author Y. Samiullah Media Book Short Title PREDICTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTA Language English Edition Description 1990 DEWEY 363.7384 Pages 285 Edition 1990th Illustrations XI, 285 p. DOI 10.1604/9781851664504 Publication Date 1990-06-30 Alternative 9789401074926 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:96236099;

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