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...

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Altres autors: Gulliver, John S. (Director editorial)
Format: Livre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicat: New York, NY : Springer New York [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
Edició:1st ed. 2012.
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Edition sous un autre format:• Transport and Fate of Chemicals in the Environment, Texte imprimé, 9781461457305
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  • 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