Page 157 - Materials Chemistry, Second Edition

L1644_C04.fm Page 129 Tuesday, October 21, 2003 3:13 PM

descriptions of transport processes (gaseous, dissolved and
particle phases) and the particle-size distribution and their
transfer processes; incorporates theoretical and empirical
Based on a detailed mechanistic description of intermedia

dependence on intermedia transfer processes Based on estimation of the multimedia partitioning of organic pollutant in local environments; used to predict multimedia concentrations and to analyze the multimedia distribution of Terrestrial and aquatic fauna are not incorporated into the model; however contaminant con

organic chemicals in the environment

eight main compartments including: air, aerosol, soil, water,
distribution of chemicals in the multimedia environment, in
An environmental simulator designed to track the dynamic

sediment, suspended solids, biota, and vegetation Describes the fate of organic chemicals in a conventional air, water, soil , and sediment system under steady-/unsteady-state condition A nested multimedia model that uses contaminant concentrations as input and computes steady-state and time- dependent (transient) concentra

(multimedia environmental (spatial multimedia © 2004 CRC Press LLC

MENDTOX distribution of toxics) SMCM compartmental model) SIMPLEBOX