Chemical Property Estimation: Theory and Application / Edition 1

by Edward Baum

Overview

Our world is widely contaminated with damaging chemicals, and companies create thousands of new, potentially dangerous chemicals each year. Due to the difficulty and expense of obtaining accurate measurements and the unreliability of reported values, we know surprisingly little about the properties of these contaminants. Determining the properties of chemicals is critical to judging their impact on environmental quality and in making decisions about emission rates, clean-up, and other important public health issues.
Chemical Property Estimation describes modern methods of estimating chemical properties, methods which cost much less than traditional laboratory techniques and are sufficiently accurate for most environmental applications. Estimation methods are used to screen chemicals for testing, design monitoring and analysis methods, design clean-up procedures, and verify experimental measurements. The book discusses key methods for estimating chemical properties and considers their relative strengths and weaknesses. Several chapters are devoted to the partitioning of chemicals between air, water, soil, and biota; and properties such as solubility, vapor pressure, and chemical transport.
Each chapter begins with a review of relevant theory and background information explaining the applications and limitations of each method. Sample calculations and practical advice on how and when to use each method are included as well. Each method is evaluated for accuracy and reliability. Computer software, databases, and internet resources are evaluated, as well as other supplementary material, such as fundamental constants, units of measure, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780873719384
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/29/1997
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	402
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Baum, Edward

Table of Contents

Introduction. Concepts and Theory. Boiling Point, Melting Point. Molar Volume, Density. Surface Tension, Parachor. Vapor Pressure. Aqueous Solubility and Activity Coefficient and Water. Air-Water Partition Coefficient. Octanol-Water Partition Coefficient. Soil and Sediment Sorption Coefficient. Bioconcentration Factor and Related Parameters. Diffusion. Volatilization from Soils. Volatilization from Water. Appendices. Index.

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Editorial Reviews

"Baum offers one of only a few resources on the subject, clearly the most up-to-date... an ambitious effort to compile the theory and application of chemical estimation methods... He fills the gap where measured data on the properties of an ever-increasing number of chemicals in use are absent, thus giving environmental engineers, health and safety scientists, and other applications-oriented professionals a firmer basis on which to make evaluations, predictions, or decisions."
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From the Publisher

Baum (chemistry, Grand Valley State U.) discusses the types of methods used to estimate chemical properties in terms of theory, range of application, limitations, accuracy, and reliability. He considers properties that control the chemical transport in the absence of equilibrium and the partitioning of chemicals between air, water, soil, and biota. Supplementary materials include resource lists, and information on fundamental constants, units of measure, estimates of uncertainty, empirical modeling, and the molecular connectivity index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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