Chemical Property Estimation: Theory and Application

ISBN-13: 9780873719384 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 400 str.

Edward J. Baum

Opis

A description of modern methods of estimating chemical properties, methods which cost much less than traditional laboratory techniques and are sufficiently accurate for most environmental applications. Estimation methods are used to screen chemicals for testing, design monitoring and analysis methods, design clean-up procedures, and verify experimental measurements. The work discusses key methods for estimating chemical properties and considers their relative strengths and weaknesses. Several chapters are devoted to the partitioning of chemicals between air, water, soil and biota; and properties such as solubility, vapour pressure and chemical transport.

Recenzje

"Baum offers one of only a few resources on the subject, clearly the most up-to-date... an ambitious effort to compile the theory and application of chemical estimation methods... He fills the gap where measured data on the properties of an ever-increasing number of chemicals in use are absent, thus giving environmental engineers, health and safety scientists, and other applications-oriented professionals a firmer basis on which to make evaluations, predictions, or decisions."
-CHOICE

Spis treści

Introduction. Concepts and Theory. Boiling Point, Melting Point. Molar Volume, Density. Surface Tension, Parachor. Vapor Pressure. Aqueous Solubility and Activity Coefficient and Water. Air-Water Partition Coefficient. Octanol-Water Partition Coefficient. Soil and Sediment Sorption Coefficient. Bioconcentration Factor and Related Parameters. Diffusion. Volatilization from Soils. Volatilization from Water. Appendices. Index.

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O autorze

Baum, Edward