Chemical Concepts in Pollutant Behavior

The book identifies chemical properties that determine environmental behavior, describes the processes in the natural environment that can be effective in transforming chemicals, and defines the molecular characteristics that can cause a particular compound to react in those processes. Unique in approach, the book synthesizes basic ideas from numerous fields of chemistry to solve the question of how a given chemical will distribute in the environment and its potential to be changed. It is an ideal text for interdisciplinary environmental courses.