Chemical Fate and Transport in the Environment
- 4th Edition - August 3, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Authors: Harold F. Hemond, Elizabeth J. Fechner
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 2 5 2 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 2 5 3 - 9
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Request a sales quoteChemical Fate and Transport in the Environment, Fourth Edition explains the fundamental principles of mass transport, chemical partitioning, and chemical/biological transformations of pollutants and naturally occurring chemicals in surface waters, in the subsurface (which includes soil and groundwater), and in the atmosphere. Each of these three major environmental media is introduced by a descriptive overview, followed by presentations of the governing physical, chemical, and biological processes. The text emphasizes intuitively based mathematical models for chemical equilibria, transformations, and transport in the environment. This book serves as a primary text for graduate and senior undergraduate courses in environmental science and engineering, provides relevant scientific knowledge for students of public health and environmental policy, and is a useful reference for environmental practitioners.
This fourth edition builds on the third edition, which won a 2015 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from The Text and Academic Authors Association. This updated textbook expands the discussion of global climate change, presents concepts of stationarity and sustainability, provides additional coverage of wastewater treatment and air pollution abatement technologies, and includes information on additional anthropogenic pollutants such as plastics, PFAS, and nanoparticles. Tables, figures, and references are updated, and worked examples and practice exercises are included for each chapter.
- Illustrates the interconnections, similarities, and contrasts among three major environmental media: surface waters, the subsurface (which includes soil and groundwater), and the atmosphere
- Discusses and builds upon fundamental concepts, teaching students to realistically address environmental problems and preparing students for more advanced studies
- Each chapter includes many worked examples and extensive practice exercises; a solutions manual is available for instructors
Senior undergraduate and first year graduate students in environmental sciences, environmental engineering, public health, and environmental policy programs, as well as environmental practitioners.
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- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Basic Concepts
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Chemical Concentration
- 1.3. Mass Balance and Units
- 1.4. Physical Transport of Chemicals
- 1.5. Mass Balance in an Infinitely Small Control Volume: The Advection-Dispersion-Reaction Equation
- 1.6. Basic Environmental Chemistry
- 1.7. Chemical Distribution Among Phases at Equilibrium
- 1.8. Analytical Chemistry and Measurement Error
- 1.9. Significance of Fate and Transport Knowledge
- 1.10. Conclusion
- Exercises
- Chapter 2. Surface Waters
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Physical Transport in Surface Waters
- 2.3. Air-Water Exchange
- 2.4. Chemical and Biological Characteristics of Surface Waters
- 2.5. Dissolved Oxygen Modeling in Surface Waters
- 2.6. Biotransformation and Biodegradation
- 2.7. Abiotic Chemical Transformations
- 2.8. Conclusion
- Exercises
- Chapter 3. The Subsurface Environment
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Physics of Groundwater Movement
- 3.3. Flow in the Unsaturated (Vadose) Zone
- 3.4. Nonaqueous Phase Liquids
- 3.5. Retardation
- 3.6. Biodegradation in the Subsurface Environment
- 3.7. Subsurface Remediation
- 3.8. Conclusion
- Exercises
- Chapter 4. The Atmosphere
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Atmospheric Stability
- 4.3. Circulation of the Atmosphere
- 4.4. Transport of Chemicals in the Atmosphere
- 4.5. Physical Removal of Chemicals from the Atmosphere
- 4.6. Atmospheric Chemical Reactions
- 4.7. Air Pollution Control
- 4.8. Greenhouse Gases, Global Climate Change, and the Habitability of Earth
- 4.9. Conclusion
- Exercises
- Appendix A. Dimensions and Units for Environmental Quantities
- Appendix B. Models for Chemical Equilibrium, Surface Waters, Groundwater, the Atmosphere, and Global Climate
- Index
- Edition: 4
- Published: August 3, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 520
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128222522
- eBook ISBN: 9780128222539
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Harold F. Hemond
Harry Hemond is William E. Leonhard Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a winner of MIT's Irwin Sizer Award for his course "Chemicals in the Environment: Fate and Transport," and has won multiple teaching awards. He is an author of numerous scientific papers on biogeochemistry and related environmental topics. A registered professional engineer, Professor Hemond has also consulted with governmental agencies and industry.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USAEF
Elizabeth J. Fechner
Elizabeth Fechner was a teaching assistant for the MIT course on which this book is based. She has worked for several environmental consulting firms, performing fate and transport analyses for private clients and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She has also provided technical support to attorneys in cases of environmental litigation.
Affiliations and expertise
Consulting Scientist, Syracuse, New York, USARead Chemical Fate and Transport in the Environment on ScienceDirect