Synopses & Reviews
This newly updated and expanded 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
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
* Provides an integrated coverage of major environmental media
* Presents a quantitative treatment of fate and transport processes
* Is based on a graduate-level course taught for 10 years at MIT, augmented with practical consulting experience
* Features examples and illustrations throughout the text
* Includes extensive exercises at the end of each chapter
* Contains ample references to the primary literature
Review
"...a succinct, yet substantive, review of chemical fate and transport processes in the environment... an excellent overview..."
- JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION
"...The strength of this book is the excellent quantitative approach that it presents to solving problems..."
- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Synopsis
This newly updated and expanded 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
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
* Provides an integrated coverage of major environmental media
* Presents a quantitative treatment of fate and transport processes
* Is based on a graduate-level course taught for 10 years at MIT, augmented with practical consulting experience
* Features examples and illustrations throughout the text
* Includes extensive exercises at the end of each chapter
* Contains ample references to the primary literature
Synopsis
at MIT, augmented with practical consulting experience
· Features examples and illustrations throughout the text
· Includes extensive exercises at the end of each chapter
· Contains ample references to the primary literature
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· Contains ample references to the primary literature
Synopsis
tation of the controlling physical, chemical, and biological processes. Emphasis is placed on intuitively based mathematical models for chemical transport and transformations. Although developed for a one-semester graduate course, Chemical Fate and Transport in the Environment, Second Edition, is also an essential reference for environmental practitioners in industry, consulting, and government agencies.
KEY FEATURES
· Provides an integrated treatment of major environmental media
· Presents a quantitative treatment of fate and transport processes
· Is based on a graduate-level course taught for 10 years at MIT, augmented with practical consulting experience
· Features examples and illustrations throughout the text
· Includes extensive exercises at the end of each chapter
· Contains ample references to the primary literature
About the Author
Elizabeth Fechner-Levy is an Associate at Abt Associates Inc., where she does environmental consulting, predominantly for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.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.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.