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Environmental organic chemistry /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schwarzenbach, René P., 1945-
Other Authors: Gschwend, P. M., Imboden, Dieter M., 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Wiley, [1993]
Subjects:
Organic compounds > Environmental aspects.
Water chemistry.
Organic compounds
Table of Contents:
  • An introduction to environmental organic chemicals
  • Background thermodynamics
  • Vapor pressure
  • Solubility and activity coefficient in water
  • Air-water partitioning : the Henry's Law constant
  • Organic solvent-water partitioning : the octanol-water partition constant
  • Organic acids and bases : acidity constant and partitioning behavior
  • Diffusion
  • The gas-liquid interface : air-water exchange
  • Sorption : solid-aqueous solution exchange
  • Chemical transformation reactions
  • Photochemical transformation reactions
  • Biological transformation reactions
  • Modeling concepts.