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More About This Title Wiley's Remediation Technologies Handbook: Major Contaminant Chemicals and Chemical Groups
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- Covers the most important chemical and chemical groups that are found to pollute the environment, and the ways to remediate them.
- Gives succinct abstract describing the numerous technologies used to clean-up a wide range of pollutants.
- Provides the uses and limitations of each technique.
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Preface ix
Chemicals Sorted by Chemical Groups 1
Technologies Applicable to Specific Chemicals 11
Alcohols 11
Aldehydes 12
Aldehydes and Ketones 13
Aldehydes or Ketones with Other Functional Groups 13
Aliphatic Hydrocarbons 14
Aliphatic Nitriles and Cyanates 20
Aliphatic Nitrosamines 21
Aliphatic Organophosphorous Compounds 21
Alkanes and Cyclic Alkanes 21
Alkenes, Cyclic Alkenes, and Dienes 26
Alkyl Halides 27
Alkynes 28
Aluminum 28
Americium 29
Amides 30
Amines 30
Antimony 31
Aromatic Amines and Diamines 31
Aromatic Nitriles and Cyanates 34
Aromatic Nitro Compounds 34
Aromatic Nitro Compounds with Other Functional Groups 35
Aromatic Organophosphorous Compounds 35
Aromatics with Halogenated Side Chain 35
Arsenic 37
Azo Compounds 40
Azo Compounds, Hydrazine Derivatives 40
Barium 40
Benzene and Monosubstituted Benzene Hydrocarbons 42
Benzene and Substituted Benzene Hydrocarbons 67
Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene (BTEX) 67
Beryllium 73
Bismuth 73
Bromide Ion 73
Cadmium 73
Calcium 77
Carbon Compounds 77
Carboxylic Acids 77
Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives 79
Carboxylic Acids with Other Functional Groups 79
Cesium 80
Chlorine and Chlorine Compounds 81
Chlorine Compounds 81
Chlorine, Ionic Species 81
Chromium 83
Chromium-Containing Ionic Species 87
Cobalt 88
Copper 89
Cyclic Ethers 91
Dihalogenated and Polyhalogenated Ethers 92
Dioxin and Related Compounds 94
Disubstituted and Polysubstituted Benzene Hydrocarbons 97
Elemental Sulfur 109
Esters 109
Ethers 112
Fluoride Ion 113
Glycols 113
Glycols, Epoxides 115
Gold 115
Halogenated Aromatic Compounds 115
Halogenated Ethers and Epoxides 116
Halogenated Phenolic Compounds 116
Halophenols 116
Heterocyclic Nitrogen Compounds 123
Heterocyclic Oxygen Compounds 123
Heterocyclic Oxygen Compounds with Three or More Rings 123
Hydrazine Derivatives 124
Iodine 124
Ionic Species Containing Iron 125
Ions Containing Phosphorus 125
Ions Containing Sulfur 125
Ions with Nitrogen 126
Iron 130
Ketones 131
Lanthanides 138
Lead 138
Lead Compounds 142
Lithium 143
Magnesium 143
Manganese 144
Mercury 145
Molybdenum 147
Monohydric Phenols 148
Nickel 151
Nitrogen Compounds 154
Nitrophenolic Compounds 155
Nitrophenols 155
Nitrosamines 156
Noncyclic Aliphatic or Aromatic Ethers 156
Organophosphonates 159
Organophosphorus Compounds 159
Organosulfur Compounds with Other Functional Groups 159
Other Nitrophenols 160
Pesticides 160
Phenols 165
Platinum 166
Plutonium 166
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with More Than Five Fused Rings 167
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Four-Ring Compounds 168
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Two- or Three-Ring Compounds 175
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; PAH; PNA; POM 187
Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Nonalternant Compounds with Four Fused
Rings 192
Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Nonalternant Compounds with Five Fused
Rings 195
Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Nonalternant Compounds with Fused Rings 198
Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Nonalternant Compounds with More Than
Five Fused Rings 204
Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Nonalternant Compounds with Two or Three
Fused Rings 205
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Five-Ring Compounds 208
Potassium 212
Primary Alcohols 212
Primary Aliphatic Amines and Diamines 214
Pyridine and Substituted Pyridines 215
Pyrrole and Fused-Ring Derivatives of Pyrrole 215
Radionuclides 216
Radium 220
Ring-Substituted Aromatics 220
Saturated Alkyl Halides 236
Secondary Alcohols 257
Secondary Aliphatic Amines 258
Selenium 260
Silicon Compounds—Other Significant 261
Silver 261
Simple Aromatic Nitro Compounds 263
Single-Ring Heterocyclic Sulfur Compounds 266
Sodium 267
Strontium 267
Sulfides, Disulfides 268
Sulfur 269
Sulfur Compounds 269
Sulfur Compounds—Other Significant 270
Technetium 270
Tertiary Alcohols 270
Thallium 270
Thiols 271
Thiols, Sulfides, and Disulfides 271
Thorium 271
Tin 272
Titanium 272
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) 273
Tungsten 282
Unsaturated Alkyl Halides 282
Uranium 304
Vanadium 306
Volatile Organic Compounds 307
Zinc 316
Zirconium 319
Technologies with Abstracts and Technology Costs 320
[Based on the Remediation Information Management System (RIMS)]
References 1148
Specific Chemical Index 1264
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"...a concise reference...where all the information is in one volume...a welcome addition to the libraries of environmental consultants, regulators, and brownfield developers…" (Ground Water, May/June 2005)
"...a must-have for all stakeholders in the contaminated sites industry." (Journal of Environmental Quality, May/June 2005)
"...a worthwhile addition to the libraries of environmental consultants, regulators, and brownfield developers…" (The Professional Geologist, March/April 2005)
"…compiles enough useful information for site remediation to make it a valuable library addition." (E-STREAMS, February 2005)
"…a valuable reference text as well as an excellent educational resource regarding remediation technologies. It will look good standing next to all the other handbooks on my bookshelf." (Chemical Health & Safety, November/December 2004)
"…the book represents a very useful compilation of site remediation information. It should save those seeking cost and technical data much time in literature search." (Journal of Hazardous Materials, September 2004)
