Fundamentals of Air Pollution

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Professor Daniel A. Vallero is an internationally recognized author and expert in environmental science and engineering. He has devoted decades to conducting research, teaching, and mentoring future scientists and engineers. He is currently developing tools and models to predict potential exposures to chemicals in consumer products. He is a full adjunct professor of civil and environmental engineering at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering. He has authored 20 environmental textbooks, with the most recent addressing the importance of physical principles in environmental science and engineering. His books have addressed all environmental compartments and media within the earth's atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere.

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Fundamentals of Air Pollution, Sixth Edition offers an extensive study of the science of air pollution. With a highly interdisciplinary approach, the book's author examines air pollution through the lenses of chemistry, physics, meteorology, engineering, toxicology, regulation, and more. Students, faculty, and researchers alike will find a world of information in this comprehensive text that is strategically organized into six parts: Foundations of Air Pollution, The Risks of Air Pollution, Tropospheric Pollution, Biogeochemistry of Air Pollutants, Addressing Air Pollution, and The Future for Air Pollution Science and Engineering.

Readers will find helpful features throughout, including case studies, topical sidebars, worked examples, calculations, and reference data. This valuable resource offers an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of air pollution with its wealth of benefits to both students and researchers.

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Part I. Foundations of Air Pollution

1. The State of the Atmosphere
2. The Physics of the Atmosphere
3. The Science of Air Pollution
4. Air Pollution Decision Tools
5. Life Cycle Assessment of Air Pollutants

Part II. The Risks of Air Pollution

6. Inherent Properties of Air Pollutants
7. Air Pollutant Hazards
8. Air Pollutant Exposures
9. Respiratory Effects of Air Pollutants
10. Cardiovascular Effects of Air Pollutants
11. Cancer and Air Pollutants
12. Reproductive and Hormonal Effects of Air Pollutants
13. Neurological Effects of Air Pollutants
14. Air Pollution's Impact on Ecosystems
15. Air Pollution's Impact on Materials and Structures

Part III. Tropospheric Pollution

16. Scale and Complexity of Air Pollution
17. Air Pollutant Kinetics and Transformation
18. Air Pollutant Kinetics and Equilibrium
19. Temporal Aspects of Air Pollution

Part IV. Biogeochemistry of Air Pollutants

20. The Hydrologic Cycle
21. The Carbon Cycle
22. The Nitrogen and Sulfur Cycles
23. Metal and Metalloid Cycles

Part V. Addressing Air Pollution

24. Source Sampling and Emission Measurement
25. Methods for Measuring Air Pollutants
26. Applying and Interpreting Air Quality Monitoring Data
27. Modeling Applications
28. Air Quality Status and Trends
29. Air Pollutant Emissions
30. Air Pollution Control Technologies
31. Controlling Air Pollution from Sources

Part VI. The Future for Air Pollution Science and Engineering

32. Sustainable Approaches
33. Grand Challenges