Chemical Fate and Transport in the Environment - Hardcover

Hemond, Harold F.; Fechner, Elizabeth J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123982561 ISBN 13: 9780123982568

Publisher: Academic Press, 2014

Synopsis

The third edition of Chemical Fate and Transport in the Environment―winner of a 2015 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from The Text and Academic Authors Association―explains the fundamental principles of mass transport, chemical partitioning, and chemical/biological transformations in surface waters, in soil and groundwater, and in air. Each of these three major environmental media is introduced by descriptive overviews, followed by a presentation of the controlling physical, chemical, and biological processes. The text emphasizes intuitively based mathematical models for chemical transport and transformations in the environment, and serves both as a textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental science and engineering, and as a standard reference for environmental practitioners.

• Winner of a 2015 Texty Award from the Text and Academic Authors Association
• Includes many worked examples as well as extensive exercises at the end of each chapter
• Illustrates the interconnections and similarities among environmental media through its coverage of surface waters, the subsurface, and the atmosphere
• Written and organized concisely to map to a single-semester course
• Discusses and builds upon fundamental concepts, ensuring that the material is accessible to readers who do not have an extensive background in environmental science

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The third edition of Chemical Fate and Transport in the Environment covers the fundamental principles of mass transport, chemical partitioning, and chemical/biological transformations in surface waters, in soil and groundwater, and in air. Each of these three major environmental media are introduced by descriptive overviews, followed by a presentation of the controlling physical, chemical, and biological processes. The text emphasizes intuitively based mathematical models for chemical transport and transformations in the environment, and serves both as a textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental science and engineering, and as a standard reference for environmental practitioners.

Key Features

• Includes many worked example problems as well as extensive exercises at the end of each chapter
• Illustrates the interconnections and similarities among environmental media through its coverage of surface waters, the subsurface, and the atmosphere
• Written and organized concisely to map to a single-semester course
• Discusses and builds upon fundamental concepts, ensuring that the material is accessible to readers who do not have an extensive background in environmental science

New to this Edition

• Presents new material based on recent research on climate change, trace gas chemistry, aerosol formation, and novel pollutants
• Features expanded coverage on ocean circulation, isotope-based measurements, organic chemical structures, analytical chemistry, and groundwater remediation
• Contains many new practice exercises for students
• Edited extensively for conciseness and clarity

Forthcoming from Elsevier

P.M. Bradley, Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Aquatic Environments: Sources, Fate and Transport, and Ecological Impacts, 2015, ISBN: 9780128005507

About the Author:

Harry Hemond is William E. Leonhard Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has authored numerous scientific papers on biogeochemistry and related environmental topics. A registered professional engineer, Professor Hemond has also consulted with governmental agencies and industry. He is a winner of MIT's Irwin Sizer Award for his course "Chemicals in the Environment: Fate and Transport," and also holds a Graduate Student Council teaching award.

Elizabeth Fechner-Levy is an Associate at Abt Associates Inc., where she does environmental consulting, predominantly for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0123982561
• ISBN 13: 9780123982568
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 486