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Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World

Volume 2: Remediation of Air and Water Pollution

  • Presents novel nanotechnologies for sustainable fuels and environmental protection
  • Lists innovative methods to clean water, soil and air polluted by heavy metals, endocrine disruptors and pharmaceuticals
  • Offers applied methods for professionals, textbook-type reviews for students and relevant information for use in lectures by teachers

Part of the book series: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World (ECSW, volume 2)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Air and Water Pollution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Environmental Fate of Chiral Pharmaceuticals: Determination, Degradation and Toxicity

      • Ana R. Ribeiro, Paula M. L. Castro, Maria Elizabeth Tiritan
      Pages 3-45
    3. Pollutant-Induced Decay of Building Materials

      • Jorge Sanjurjo-Sánchez, Carlos Alves
      Pages 47-120
    4. Novel Bioreactors for Waste Gas Treatment

      • Eldon R. Rene, María Montes, María C. Veiga, Christian Kennes
      Pages 121-170
    5. Extraction Procedures for Organic Pollutants Determination in Water

      • N. Etxebarria, P. Navarro, A. Prieto, M. Olivares, A. Usobiaga, L. A. Fernández et al.
      Pages 171-235
    6. Biodegradation of Azo Dyes from Wastewater

      • Pijush Kanti Mondal, Brajesh Chauhan
      Pages 255-275
  3. Remediation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 295-295
    2. Biogas Technologies and Cleaning Techniques

      • M. Estefanía López, Eldon R. Rene, María C. Veiga, Christian Kennes
      Pages 347-377
    3. Heavy Metals: Toxicity and Removal by Biosorption

      • Ackmez Mudhoo, Vinod Kumar Garg, Shaobin Wang
      Pages 379-442
    4. Bioremediation of Arsenic in Contaminated Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments

      • Beata B. Dabrowska, Meththika Vithanage, K. R. Gunaratna, Arun B. Mukherjee, Prosun Bhattacharya
      Pages 475-509
    5. Microbial Pathogen Inactivation Using Heterogeneous Photocatalysis

      • Mohammad Abbas Mahmood, Sunandan Baruah, Anil Kumar Anal, Joydeep Dutta
      Pages 511-541
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 543-546

About this book

Environmental chemistry is a fast developing science aimed at deciphering fundamental mechanisms ruling the behaviour of pollutants in ecosystems. Applying this knowledge to current environmental issues leads to the remediation of environmental media, and to new, low energy, low emission, sustainable processes. Chapters review analysis and remediation of pollutants such as greenhouse gases, chiral pharmaceuticals, dyes, chlorinated organics, arsenic, toxic metals and pathogen in air, water, plant and soil. Several highlights include the overlooked impact of air pollutants from buildings for health risk, innovative remediation techniques such as bioreactors for gas treatment, electrochemical cleaning of pharmaceuticals, sequestration on Fe-Mn nodules, phytoremediation and photocatalytical inactivation of microbial pathogens.

 

This book will be a valuable source of information for engineers and students developing novel applied techniques to monitor and clean pollutants in air, wastewater, soils and sediments.

 

Editors and Affiliations

  • INRA - UMR Agroécologie, Dijon, France

    Eric Lichtfouse

  • Inst. für Geologie, Geochemie, u. Lagerstätten d. Erdöls u. d. Kohle, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

    Jan Schwarzbauer

  • Lab. de Chimie Industrielle, Université de Metz, Saint-Avold, France

    Didier Robert

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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