Transport and Fate of Chemicals in the Environment Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology /
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2012.
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Edición: | 1st ed. 2012. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.