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Reaction Mechanisms in Environmental Engineering: Analysis and Prediction describes the principles that govern chemical reactivity, and demonstrates how these principles are used to yield more accurate predictions. Increase your accuracy in analyzing and predicting the speed of pollutant conversion in engineered systems such as water and wastewater treatment plants, or natural systems, such as lakes and aquifers receiving industrial pollution. The book includes examples from air, water, and soil. The three part treatment begins with a clear exposition of the properties of environmental and inorganic organic chemicals, followed by partitioning and sorption processes and sorption and transformation processes. Kinetic principles are used to calculate or estimate the pollutants' half-lives. Physical-chemical properties of organic pollutants are used to estimate transformation mechanisms and rates. Emphasis is on developing an understanding of how physico-chemical and structural properties relate with the transformations of organic pollutants.

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Author:   James Speight
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint:   Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
ISBN:  

9780128044223

ISBN 10:   0128044225
Pages:   362
Publication Date:   01 November 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Part One: Introduction Section One: Introduction Section Two: Environmental Organic Chemicals Part Two: Partitioning and Sorption Processes Section Three: Molecular Interactions, Partitioning, and Thermodynamics Section Four: Vapor Pressure Section Five: Aqueous Solubility and Activity Coefficients Section Six: Air Water and Air Organic Solvent Partitioning Section Seven: Organic Water Partitioning Section Eight: Organic Acids andBases Part Three: Sorption and Transformation Processes Section Nine: Sorption Processes Section Ten: Thermodynamic and Kinetics of Transformation Reactions Section Eleven: Hydrolysis and Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions Section Twelve: Redox Transformations Section Thirteen: Photochemical and Photocatalytic, Transformations Section Fourteen Biological Transformations

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Dr. Speight is currently editor of the journal Petroleum Science and Technology (formerly Fuel Science and Technology International) and editor of the journal Energy Sources. He is recognized as a world leader in the areas of fuels characterization and development. Dr. Speight is also Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Fuels Engineering at the University of Utah. James Speight is also a Consultant, Author and Lecturer on energy and environmental issues. He has a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, both from University of Manchester. James has worked for various corporations and research facilities including Exxon, Alberta Research Council and the University of Manchester. With more than 45 years of experience, he has authored more than 400 publications--including over 50 books--reports and presentations, taught more than 70 courses, and is the Editor on many journals including the Founding Editor of Petroleum Science and Technology.

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