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Volatile Organic Compounds in the Atmosphere.
Title:
Volatile Organic Compounds in the Atmosphere.
Author:
Barbour, Anthony K.
ISBN:
9781847552310
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (156 pages)
Series:
Issues in Environmental Science and Technology ; v.4

Issues in Environmental Science and Technology
Contents:
Volatile Organic Compounds In The Atmosphere -- Contents -- Sources, Distributions, and Fates of VOCs in the Atmosphere -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sources of VOCs -- 3 Ambient Concentrations of Organic Compounds -- 4 Fates of Organic Compounds -- 5 Acknowledgements -- Atmospheric VOCs from Natural Sources -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Measurement Methods -- 3 Sources of Natural VOCs in the Atmosphere -- 4 Air Concentrations and Emission Fluxes -- 5 Influence on Atmospheric Chemistry -- 6 Acknowledgements -- The UK Hydrocarbon Monitoring Network -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The United Kingdom Hydrocarbon Network -- 3 Data Summaries and Discussion -- 4 Acknowledgements -- Source Inventories and Control Strategies for VOCs -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Developing Inventories -- 3 Improving and Verifying Inventories -- 4 Uses for Inventories -- 5 Techniques for VOC Abatement -- 6 VOC Control Strategies -- 7 Acknowledgements -- Gas Phase Tropospheric Chemistry of Organic Compounds -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Chemical Loss Processes for Volatile Organic Compounds in the Troposhere -- 3 Tropospheric Chemistry of Alkanes -- 4 Tropospheric Chemistry of Alkenes -- 5 Tropospheric Chemistry of Aromatic Compounds -- 6 Tropospheric Chemistry of Oxygen-containing Compounds -- 7 Tropospheric Chemistry of Nitrogen-containing Compounds -- 8 Conclusions -- Alternatives to CFCs and their Behaviour in the Atmosphere -- 1 Introduction: Alternatives to CFCs -- 2 Reaction Chemistry and Atmospheric Lifetimes of HCFCs and HFCs -- 3 Environmental Effects of HCFCs and HFCs -- 4 Conclusions -- Volatile Organic Compounds in Indoor Air -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sources of VOCs in Indoor Air -- 3 Measurement of VOCs -- 4 Concentration of VOCs in Indoor Air -- 5 Health Effects of VOCs -- 6 Control of Indoor Air Pollution due to VOCs -- 7 Emission Testing of Products.

Volatile Organic Compounds: The Development of UK Policy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Effects of VOCs on Man and the Wider Environment -- 3 Current VOC Levels in the UK -- 4 Effects of Current UK VOC Levels -- 5 UK Policy Response -- 6 UK Policy Analysis -- 7 Conclusions -- Subject Index.
Abstract:
This book provides readers with in-depth, clearly explained coverage of the many complex scientific and policy issues surrounding VOCs in the atmosphere.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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