Chemistry for Protection of the Environment 9780444423474, 0444423478

Table of contents :
Chemistry for Protection of the Environment......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 10
Foreword......Page 16
CHAPTER I. POLLUTANTS IN THE ENVIRONMENT: GENERAL ASPECTS......Page 18
TECHNOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT: ALLIES OR ANTAGONISTS?......Page 20
THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT REPORT OF UNEP......Page 48
A DIFFERENT APPRECIATION: WATER QUALITY AND TREATMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES......Page 62
CHEMICAL POLLUTION IN KOREA AN EXPERIENCE OF THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES......Page 80
CHAPTER II. POLLUTANTS IN THE ENVIRONMENT: IMPACT AND CONTROL......Page 92
ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTANTS AND THEIR EFFECT ON CULTIVATED PLANTS......Page 94
MONITORING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE ASSESSMENT......Page 108
CATCHMENT QUALITY CONTROL......Page 124
TRANSPORT PROCESSES OF NAPHTHALENE IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT......Page 134
INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON OF QUANTIFICATION OF PAH IN ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS BY GAS AND LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIES AND BY SHPOL’SKII FLUOROMETRY......Page 148
COMPARISON OF ION-SELECTIVE ELECTRODE AND GAS-SENSING ELECTRODE TECHNIQUES FOR MEASUREMENT OF NITRATE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES......Page 158
STUDY OF MOLECULAR DIFFUSIVITY INFLUENCE ON MASS TRANSFER RATE AT A WATER - ATMOSPHERE INTERFACE......Page 170
ABUNDANCE OF NONIONIC SURFACTANTS IN ISRAEL MUNICIPAL SEWAGE......Page 176
CHAPTER III. PHYSICO-CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF SUSPENSIONS......Page 182
INTERACTION OF TEMPERATURE, ALKALINITY AND ALUM DOSE BY COAGULATION OF HUMIC WATER......Page 184
MAGNETIC MICROPARTICLES FOR TREATMENT OF NATURAL WATERS AND WASTEWATERS......Page 194
BITTERNS AS COAGULANTS FOR TREATMENT OF COLOR EFFLUENTS......Page 208
WATER TREATMENT BY COAGULATION-ADSORPTION WITH DOLOMITE......Page 220
PRIMARY FLOCCULATION OF WASTEWATER WITH Al2, (SO4)2 AND NaAlO2 SALTS RECUPERATED FROM SPENT ALUMINIUM ANODISING BATHS......Page 228
FLOC STRENGTH MEASUREMENTS GIVING EXPERIMENTAL SUPPORT FOR A FOUR LEVEL HYDROXYDE FLOC STRUCTURE......Page 236
MEASUREMENT OF THE CHARGE DENSITY OF POLYELECTROLYTES BY A DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTOMETRIC METHOD......Page 250
THE INVESTIGATION OF APPLICATION OF DISSOLVED AIR PRECIPITATE FLOTATION IN THE ABSENCE OF COLLECTOR AND FROTHER FOR THE PURIFICATION OF WASTEWATER CONTAINING METALIONS......Page 260
HOT WATER PROCESSING OF U.S. TAR SANDS-WATER RECYCLE AND TAILINGS DISPOSAL......Page 268
THE ROLE OF DILUENT IN OILY WATER TREATMENT IN BED COALESCERS......Page 284
SATURATION PROFILES IN COALESCENCE BED......Page 300
CHAPTER IV. PHYSICO-CHEMICAL TREATMENT: ADSORPTION......Page 310
THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SOLUTE ADSORPTION FROM DILUTE SOLUTIONS ON SOLIDS......Page 312
SPECIFIC ADSORFTION OF ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANTS ONTO ACTIVATED CARBON: A STUDY OF ELECTROKINETIC PHENOMENA DUE TO MULTICOMPONENT SYSTEMS......Page 328
FURTHER STUDIES ON THE USE OF CHEMICALS TO REGENERATE EXCHAUSED ACTIVATED CARBON......Page 344
ON UNIT PROCESSES DURING INFILTRATION......Page 358
CHAPTER V. PHYSICO-CHEMICAL TREATMENT: ION EXCHANGE......Page 366
NEW FIBROUS ION EXCHANGERS FOR PURIFICATION OF LIQUIDS AND GASES......Page 368
SELECTIVE COLLECTION OF SELENIUM (IV) FROM ENVIRONMENTAL WATER BY FUNCTIONALIZED ION-EXCHANGE RESIN......Page 380
REMOVAL OF ARSENIC FROM NATURAL WATERS......Page 388
PRECONCENTRATION AND SEPARATION OF Cr(III) AND Cr (VI) FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS BY COMPLEX FORMATION-ION EXCHANGE......Page 396
THE USABILITY OF POLYSULFONE MEMBRANES FOR REMOVAL OF ORGANIC DYES FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS......Page 402
CHAPTER VI. PHYSICO-CHEMICAL TREA TMENT: OXIDATION......Page 412
INTENSIFICATION OF THE OXYGENATION PROCESS WITH THE USE OF POLYMERIC DIFFUSERS......Page 414
OXIDATION AND COAGULATION OF WASTEWATER EFFLUENT UTILIZING FERRATE (VI) ION......Page 422
THERMODYNAMIC CRITERIA FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF IRON AND MANGANESE REMOVALS IN EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES......Page 436
IDENTIFICATION OF TIN FROM TIN-SMELTING REFRACTORY-WASTE AFTER ALKALINE SOLVATION......Page 442
THE TREATMENT DETERGENTS IN INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS ON A PILOT-PLANT SCALE BY CATALYTIC OXIDATION......Page 452
ENHANCEMENT OF NITROGEN OXIDES ABSORPTION FROM WASTE GASES USING OZONE......Page 460
ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION OF ROKAPHENOL N-6 A FLOW ELECTROLYZER......Page 466
REMOVAL OF POLLUTANTS FROM THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT BY PHOTOOXIDATION......Page 472
MODELING OF IMMERGED FILTERS IN THE CASE OF AERATED FILTERS......Page 478
CHAPTER VII. RECYCLING OF WASTE MATERLALS AND POLLUTION FREE TECHNOLOGIES......Page 498
WASTE-FREE METHOD OF CADMIUM CARBONATE PRODUCTION......Page 500
RECLAMATION OF CHROMIUM FROM WASTES......Page 506
APPLICATIONS OF SELECTIVE ION EXCHANGE TO RECOVER MgNH,PO, FROM SEWAGE......Page 528
REMOVAL OF SILVER FROM PHOTOGRAPHIC SOLUTIONS......Page 540
CHAPTER VIII. PHYSICO-CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT......Page 550
MICROBIAL SULPHATE REDUCTION......Page 552
EFFECT OF SOME PHYSICAL PARAMETERS ON COMPOSITING RATE AND YIELD......Page 568
TREATMENT OF HIGH STRENGTH WASTEWATERS BY AN ANAEROBIC FLUIDISED BED PROCESS......Page 574
A RESPIROMETRIC STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF ALIPHATIC ALCOHOLS ON ACTIVATED SLUDGES......Page 584
CHAPTER IX. AIR POLLUTION......Page 598
AIRBORNE POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN SANTIAGO, CHILE......Page 600
FLUE GAS DESULPHURISATION USING LIME WASTE......Page 604
DESULPHURIZATION OF GAS BY SORPTION OF SO2 ON CUPRIC OXIDE DEPOSITED ON ALUMINA PARTICLES IN A FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR......Page 612
NITROGEN OXIDES EMMISION CONTROL CDL/VITOK ENHANCED ABSORPTION PROCESS......Page 620
CHAPTER X. PANEL DISCUSSION......Page 628
POSSIBLE DIRECTION OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT RELATING TO CHEMISTRY FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 630
Author Index......Page 636
Subject Index......Page 638