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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 628.52 EAN: 9780123402752 Edition: 2 ISBN: 0123402751 Label: Academic Press Manufacturer: Academic Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 433 Publication Date: September 21, 1999 Publisher: Academic Press Studio: Academic Press Editorial Review: Product Description: 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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Concise and comprehensiveFull disclosure: I am a student of the author. This is a graduate level intro textbook that braids together the several disciplines of environmental engineering, e.g. chemistry, hydrology, and biology, and gives an accessible quantitative treatment of the processes involved. I find this text generally useful for solving problems in environmental engineering because the central issues have been carefully distilled and the most relevant equations are easy to find and apply. This book is not a replacement ... Read More Rating: - Chemical Fate and TransportOverall I would say this is a well written and useful text. I used this text for a Graduate Level Civil Engineering class while working on my Masters. This is a good introductory text for understanding the basic concepts of advective and fickian transport of contaminants of concern. The concepts presented can be applied to pretty much any chemical. The text covers basic concepts, chemical distribution of phases, mechanisms responsible for physical transport, air-water exchange modeling, Redox reactions, ... Read More Rating:  - Chemical Fate and Transport in the EnvironmentWhile there is no doubt that the author is highly proficient in the subject matter the book was a difficult read. Terms and theories were explained clearly however this is not an introductory level chemistry book. This book is written for chemical or environmental engineering students. Illustrations and tables are also inserted at points where you are engrossed in some pretty heady material so it gave the impression of jumping around. I say this b/c illustrations and tables had a lot of information included. ... Read More Rating: - The Price is Right!This is a reasonably priced textbook for advanced undergrad & grads studying the environmental sciences in Engineering, Hydrology, and Chemistry. Environmental consultants in the private sector could also employ this textbook as a reference. Harry Hemond (of MIT) and Liz Fechner-Levy (consultant in Bethesda, MD) deliver a quantitative treatment of processes. Battle-tested at MIT for many years, this volume features time-saving exercises at the end of each chapter and an accompanying solutions manual. |
