This book provides the basis for developing new and improved models for predicting the impact of pollutants by focusing on the underlying transport phenomena that help determine the fate of pollutants in air, water, and soil.

Table of Contents

Conservation Laws and Continua. Low--Concentration Particle Suspensions and Flows. Interaction of Small Charged Particles. Adsorption, Partitioning, and Interfaces. Basic Fluid Mechanics of Environmental Transport. Diffusive Mass Transport. Convective Diffusion, Dispersion, and Mass Transfer. Filtration and Mass Transport in Porous Media. Reaction Kinetics. Mixing and Reactor Modeling. Appendices. Index.

Author Biography

MARK M. CLARK, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana--Champaign.