Environmental Organic Chemistry

This study emonstrates how the chemical structure of organic compounds influences the molecular interactions which control transfer and reaction processes in the natural environment. Thorough explanations of how to quantify these processes using the principles of chemistry, physics and biology in a macroscopic environmental system are given, and the volume focuses on the behaviour of major synthetic organic chemicals introduced in large quantities into the environment. The book contains more than 100 illustrations, an extensive bibliography and useful reference material such as constants, units and equations. It will serve as a text for introductory courses in environmental organic chemistry as well as a source of information for the professional concerned with risk and hazard assessment of organic chemical pollutants in the environment.

ISBN 0471839418   Volumes 001 ISBN13 9780471839415 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1332 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Published in New York Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc   Series ISSN 0194-028 Format Hardback   Series title Environmental Science and Technology Series Publication date 20 Apr 1993   Height (mm) 241 Library of Congress TD196.O73S   Width (mm) 195 DEWEY 547   Spine width (mm) 37 DEWEY edition DC12A   Academic level Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly Pages 672

		Preface
1		Introduction		1
2		An Introduction to Environmental Organic Chemicals		8
3		Background Thermodynamics		41
4		Vapor Pressure		56
5		Solubility and Activity Coefficient in Water		76
6		Air-Water Partitioning: The Henry's Law Constant		109
7		Organic Solvent-Water Partitioning: The Octanol-Water Partition Constant		124
8		Organic Acids and Bases: Acidity Constant and Partitioning Behavior		157
9		Diffusion		182
10		The Gas-Liquid Interface: Air-Water Exchange		215
11		Sorption: Solid-Aqueous Solution Exchange		255
12		Chemical Transformation Reactions		342
13		Photochemical Transformation Reactions		436
14		Biological Transformation Reactions		485
15		Modeling Concepts		547
		Appendix		617
		Bibliography		626
		Index		657

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