Environmental electrochemistry [[electronic resource] ] : fundamentals and applications in pollution abatement / / Krishnan Rajeshwar, Jorge G. Ibanez

• Autore: Rajeshwar Krishnan
• Pubblicazione: San Diego, : Academic Press, c1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (793 p.)
• Disciplina: 628.5
• Soggetto topico: Electrochemistry; Photoelectricity; Pollution
• Altri autori: IbanezJorge G
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Environmental Electrochemistry: Fundamentals and Applications in Pollution Abatement; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Chapter 1; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Some Definitions and Classification of Pollutants; 1.3. Environmental Media and Pollutant Transport; 1.4. Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology of Common Pollutants - A Primer; 1.5. Current Methods for Pollutant Analyses; 1.6. Current Methods for Pollutant Treatment; 1.7. Electrochemical Technology and the Environment; 1.8. Summary; References; Supplementary Reading; Chapter 2; 2.1. Introduction ; 2.2. Current, Charge, and Potential 2.3. Charge and Mass Transport; 2.4. Electrode/Electrolyte Interfaces and Electrochemical Cells; 2.5. Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Electrochemical Systems; 2.6. Electroanalytical Chemistry; 2.7. Electrolysis and Electrodeposition; 2.8. Mass Transport Under Forced Convection in an Electrochemical Cell; 2.9. Electrochemical Reactor Design; 2.10. Electrokinetic Phenomena; 2.11. Semiconductor Electrochemistry; 2.12. Photoemission at Metal Electrodes; 2.13. Instrumentation; 2.14. Summary; References; Supplementary Reading; Chapter 3; 3.1. Introduction ; 3.2. Electrochemistry of Organic Pollutants 3.3. Electrochemistry of Inorganic Pollutants; 3.4. Summary; References; Supplementary Reading; Chapter 4; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Flow Injection Analysis; 4.3. Potentiometric Sensors; 4.4. Amperometric-Coulometric and Voltammetric-Polarographic Detection in Flow Systems; 4.5. Amperometric Sensors for Environmental Pollutants: Some Examples; 4.6. Amperometric Gas Sensors; 4.7. Stripping Analyses: Specialized Aspects; 4.8. Direct Voltammetric (or Polarographic) Determination of Pollutants ; 4.9. Electrochemistry as an Auxiliary Tool to Atomic Spectroscopies 4.10. Conductivity Detectors; 4.11. Photoassisted Detection of Pollutants; 4.12. Summary; References; Supplementary Reading; Chapter 5; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Positive Features of Electrochemical Remediation; 5.3. Direct Electrolysis of Pollutants; 5.4. Indirect Electrolysis of Pollutants; 5.5. Electroflotation, Electrocoagulation, and Electroflocculation; 5.6. Electrochemical Remediation of Gaseous Pollutants; 5.7. Membrane-Assisted Processes; 5.8. Electrokinetic Processing of Soil ; 5.9. Emerging Materials for Electrochemical Treatment of Pollutants Summary; References; Supplementary Reading; Chapter 6; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Photolysis of H2O2 and O3 and Generation of éaq; 6.3. Destruction of Organics as Mediated by OH and éaq; 6.4. Direct Photodissociation of the Pollutant; 6.5. Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Examples of Application of the UV-H2O2 System; 6.6. Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms, and Examples of Application of the UV-O3 System; 6.7. The UV-H2O2-O3 Process; 6.8. UV-H2O2 and UV-O3 Systems: Practical Considerations; 6.9. Heterogeneous Photocatalysis ; 6.10. Summary
• Sommario/riassunto: The first book of its kind, Environmental Electrochemistry considers the role that electrochemical science and engineering can play in environmental remediation, pollution targeting, and pollutant recycling. Electrochemical-based sensors and abatement technologies for the detection, quantification, and treatment of environmental pollutants are described. Each chapter includes an extensive listing of supplemental readings, with illustrations throughout the book to clarify principles and approaches detailed in the text.Key Features* The first book to review electro- and photoel
• Titolo autorizzato: Environmental electrochemistry
• ISBN: 1-281-18665-1; 9786611186654; 0-08-053109-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784631803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II