Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 558 g
The Fugacity Approach, Second Edition
Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 558 g
ISBN: 978-1-56670-542-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
Completely revised and updated, Multimedia Environmental Models: The Fugacity Approach, Second Edition continues to provide simple techniques for calculating how chemicals behave in the environment, where they accumulate, how long they persist, and how this leads to human exposure. The book develops, describes, and illustrates the framework and procedures for calculating the behavior of chemicals in our multimedia environment of air, water, soil, and sediments, as well as the diversity of biota that reside in these media. While other books focus on specific compartments, such as the atmosphere, or specific substances, such as PCBs, this book presents the big picture of how organic chemicals behave in the total environment. It does this by providing examples of calculation methods based on the fugacity approach and explaining how to access up-to-date property databases and estimation methods as well as computer programs, which are available from the Internet. In addition, the models are Web based, instead of on a floppy disk as in the previous edition.Building on the work developed in the First Edition, the Second Edition includes: A how-to modeling section, more worked examples and problems- most with solutions and answers Expanded treatment of structure-activity relationships and modern estimation methodsMore material illustrating applications to bioaccumulation is specific organisms and food websEmphasis on current efforts to identify PBT chemicals and exposure analysis as a component of risk assessmentExamples that provide each step of modeling calculations Web-based models, and references to property databases, estimation methods, and computer programs from the InternetWhen you need to make assessments of chemical behavior you need current, comprehensive. Multimedia Environmental Models: The Fugacity Approach provides you with not only an understanding of how the multitude of organic chemicals behave in the total environment, but also with practical examples of how this behavior can be predicted using the fugacity approach.
Zielgruppe
Environmental chemists and toxicologists
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Weitere Infos & Material
INTRODUCTIONIntroductionSome Basic ConceptsUnits The Environment as CompartmentsMass BalancesEulerian and Lagrangian Coordinate SystemsSteady-State and EquilibriumDiffusive and Non-Diffusive Environmental Transport ProcessesResidence Times and PersistenceReal and Evaluative EnvironmentsSummaryEnvironmental Chemicals and Their PropertiesIntroduction and Data SourcesIdentifying Priority ChemicalsKey Chemical Properties and ClassesThe Nature of Environmental MediaIntroductionThe AtmosphereThe Hydrosphere or WaterBottom SedimentsSoilsSummaryPhase EquilibriumIntroductionProperties of Pure SubstancesProperties of Solutes in SolutionPartition CoefficientsEnvironmental Partition Coefficients and Z ValuesMultimedia Partitioning CalculationsLevel I CalculationsAdvection and ReactionsIntroductionAdvectionDegrading ReactionsCombined Advection and ReactionUnsteady-State CalculationsThe Nature of Environmental ReactionsLevel II Computer CalculationsSummaryIntermedia TransportIntroductionDiffusive and Nondiffusive ProcessesMolecular Diffusion Within a PhaseTurbulent or Eddy Diffusion Within a PhaseUnsteady-State DiffusionDiffusion in Porous MediaDiffusion Between Phases: The Two-Resistance ConceptMeasuring Transport D ValuesCombining Series and Parallel D ValuesLevel III CalculationsUnsteady-State Conditions (Level IV)Applications of Fugacity ModelsIntroduction, Scope and StrategiesLevel I, II and III ModelsAn Air-Water Exchange ModelA Surface Soil ModelA Sediment-Water Exchange ModelQwasi Model of Chemical Fate in a LakeQwasi Model of Chemical Fate in RiversQwasi Multi-Segment ModelsA Fish Bioaccumulation ModelSewage Treatment PlantsIndoor Air ModelsUptake by PlantsPharmacokinetic ModelsHuman Exposure to ChemicalsThe PBT-LRT AttributesGlobal ModelsClosure
