Texts for Environmental Chemistry (Senior and Graduate Levels)

Environmental Organic Chemistry

Schwarzenback, R.P., R.M. Gschwend, and D.M. Imboden

1993 John Wiley & Sons, NY

ISBN 0 471 83941 8

Table of content

1. Introduction

2. Background Thermodynamics

3. Vapor Pressure

4. Solubility of Activity Coefficient in Water

5. Air-Water Partitioning: The Henry’s Law Constant

6. Organic Solvent-Water Partitioning: The Octanol-Water Partition

7. Coefficient

8. Organic Acids and Bases: Acidity Constant and Partitioning

9. Behavior

10. Diffusion

11. The Gas-Liquid Interface: Air-Water Exchange

12. Sorption: Solid-Aqueous Solution Exchange

13. Chemical Transformation Reactions

14. Photochemical Transformation Reactions

15. Biological Transformation Reactions

16. Modeling Concepts