Hazardous Wastes

Sources, Pathways, Receptors

Richard J. Watts (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

784 Seiten

1998
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-00238-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Provides students with the scientific principles of hazardous waste management. Segmented into three major parts (sources, pathways, and receptors), this book includes a section on management and design applications.

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A fundamental approach to the scientific principles of hazardous waste management and engineering, with the study of both currently-generated hazardous wastes and the assessment and characterization of contaminated sites.

Autor

Richard J. Watts is the author of Hazardous Wastes: Sources, Pathways, Receptors, published by Wiley.

Inhalt

SOURCES.

Common Hazardous Wastes: Nomenclature, Industrial Uses, Disposal Histories.

Common Hazardous Wastes: Properties and Classification.

Source Analysis.

PATHWAYS.

Partitioning, Sorption, and Exchange at Surfaces.

Volatilization.

Abiotic and Biotic Transformations.

Contaminant Release and Transport from the Source.

RECEPTORS.

Concepts of Hazardous Waste Toxicology.

Quantitative Toxicology.

Hazardous Waste Risk Assessment.

MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN APPLICATIONS.

Approaches to Hazardous Waste Minimization, Remediation, Treatment, and Disposal.

Design of Selected Pathway Applications.

Appendices.

Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.1.1998
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 187 x 262 mm
• Gewicht: 1417 g
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• ISBN-10: 0-471-00238-0 / 0471002380
• ISBN-13: 978-0-471-00238-3 / 9780471002383
• Zustand: Neuware