The Book

Environmental organic chemistry focuses on compound properties and environmental factors governing the processes that determine the fate of organic chemicals in natural and engineered systems; this knowledge is then applied to quantitatively assessing the environmental behavior of organic chemnicals. Long established as the discipline's authoritative texst, the second edition of Environmental Organic Chemistry boasts the assets of its predecessor, along with complete coverage of the latest advances in the field.

The Second Edition offers a more holistic view of the physical-chemical properties of organic compounds, as well as a helpful division of chapters into sections covering basic and sophisticated material. New topics such as gas/solid partitioning, bioaccumulation, and transformation in the atmosphere are covered alongside the core material of the first edition, and of the companion "Problems Book".

Divided into four main parts, Equilibrium Distribution Between Gaseous, Liquid, and Solid Phases; Transformation Processes; Modeling Tools: Transport and Reaction; Environmental Systems and Case studies the book's chapters include

• Molecular interactions and thermodynamics
• activity coefficients and solubility in water
• air-water and solvent-water partitioning
• sorption to organic and inorganic sorbents
• bioaccumulation, biomagnification, and nonspecific toxic effects
• thermodynamics and kinetics of transformation reactions
• biological transformation reactions
• internal transport by diffusion and advection across boundaries
• models for lakes, rivers, and groundwaters.