Advances in Arsenic Research: Integration of Experimental and Observational Studies and Implications for Mitigation (ACS Symposium Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0841239134 ISBN 13: 9780841239135

Publisher: American Chemical Society, 2005

Synopsis

The realization during the last decade that many water supplies worldwide are affected by arsenic at concentrations above acceptable health levels has motivated research directed at understanding the occurrence, distribution, and mobilization of arsenic in the environment, and stimulated the development of new, cost-effective treatment technologies. Arsenic accumulation and migration is closely tied to its chemical speciation, which is often controlled by a complex combination of abiotic and biotic processes coupled with physical transport. This symposium volume focuses on bridging the gap between different approaches and scales of investigation and on fostering a more unified understanding of arsenic occurrence and behavior, including geological, geochemical, hydrological, microbiological, ecological, and engineering aspects of arsenic-related research. Papers in this volume highlight a variety of new research directed at understanding the sources, distribution, and mobilization of arsenic in the environment. It includes recent efforts in the development of cost-effective treatment technologies and in approaches to natural attenuation and accelerated remediation methods. These topics are thematically organized into three sections in the volume, the first focusing on laboratory studies and theoretical modeling, the second on arsenic behavior and cycling in a range of field settings, and the third on studies associated with treatment and remediation technologies and methods. This book is targeted at scientists and engineers (chemists, geochemists, geologists, hydrogeologists, microbiologists, molecular biologists, chemical engineers, environmental engineers) as well as graduate students who are engaged in research on arsenic in both natural and engineered aqueous systems, and on the development of methods for arsenic treatment and removal.

About this title

About the Author:

Peggy A. O'Day is at University of California, Merced. Dimitrios Vlassopoulos is at S.S. Papadopulos and Associates, Inc..

Review:

"An immensely enjoyable book, bringing a valuable research perspective to bear on arsenic chemistry and behaviour, and written in a coherent style."-- Current Engineering Practice

" Incredibly informative, the volume will enable you, your laboratory and your organization to keep the edge over non-enlightened competitors in the important field of ongoing research on arsenic and rapidly developing technologies."-- Current Engineering Practice

About this edition

• Publisher: American Chemical Society
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0841239134
• ISBN 13: 9780841239135
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 450
• Editor: O'Day Peggy A., Vlassopoulos Dimitrios, Meng Xiaoguang, Benning Liane G.