Atrazine is a widely used herbicide for controlling weeds on both agricultural and
nonagricultural land, which is equally detected in water supplies beyond safe …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes surface and interface chemistry of clay minerals.
The surface properties of clay minerals depend on many factors including chemical …

Focusing on layered compounds at the core of materials intercalation chemistry, this
reference comprehensively explores clays and other classes of materials exhibiting the …

Adsorption and desorption are important processes that affect atrazine transport,
transformation, and bioavailability in soils. In this study, the adsorption–desorption …

Given the presence of a wide variety of contaminants in the environment, it is important to
understand what drives a contaminant from one medium to another, as well as the manner …

This is part of a larger study that addresses the question of whether site-specific sorption of
organic compounds takes place in soil organic matter (SOM). Competitive sorption is one …

In 1978, Dr. David Rosenblatt of the US Army* and I had the idea to create a compilation of
estimation methods for environmentally important properties of organic chemicals. This was …

To more fully understand the potential for transport of nitroaromatic compounds in soils and
subsoils, the adsorption of a series of para-and meta-substituted nitrobenzenes (SNBs) by K …

Precision farming, site infrastructure assessment, hydrologic monitoring, and environmental
investigations-these are just a few current and potential uses of near-surface geophysical …

Exposure to arsenic-contaminated drinking water is a major threat to human health. Millions
of people across the world are exposed to arsenic-contaminated drinking water with …