Chapter 19. Transport Through Boundaries
Published Online: 8 JUN 2005
DOI: 10.1002/0471649643.ch19
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Book Title
Environmental Organic Chemistry
Additional Information
How to Cite
Schwarzenbach, R. P., Gschwend, P. M. and Imboden, D. M. (2005) Transport Through Boundaries, in Environmental Organic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471649643.ch19
Publication History
- Published Online: 8 JUN 2005
- Published Print: 23 AUG 2002
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780471350538
Online ISBN: 9780471649649
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- transport at interfaces;
- sorption kinetics at flat and spherical interfaces;
- dispersion of pollutants in water
Summary
Boundaries play a key role in the control of mass and energy fluxes in environmental systems. In this chapter, a classification is introduced which divides boundaries into just three types: bottleneck boundaries, wall boundaries, and diffusive boundaries. Bottleneck boundaries include air-water exchange and vertical transport in stratified lakes and oceans, wall boundaries include transport at the sediment-water interface, diffusive boundaries are relevant for the concentration change of a pollutant patch in a fluid (liquid or gaseous). For each type, transport models are derived and applied to different systems. Additional applications follow in the remaining chapters of the book.