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1 online resource (325 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Symbols -- Part 1: Background Knowledge -- 1: Historical Background -- References -- 2: Soil, The Natural Habitat of Microbes -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Physical and Physical/Chemical Properties -- 2.2.1 Soil as a Three-Phase System -- 2.2.2 The Grain-Water-Air System -- 2.2.3 The Solid Phase -- 2.2.4 Exchange Adsorption of Electrolytes -- 2.2.5 The Aqueous Phase -- 2.2.6 The Gas Phase -- 2.3 Physical Processes -- 2.3.1 Convective Flow -- 2.3.2 Oxygen Diffusion |
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2.3.3 Mass Transfer and Oxygen Solubility -- 2.3.4 Dispersion -- 2.3.5 Adsorption/Desorption -- 2.3.6 Retardation -- 2.4 Chemical Equilibria -- 2.4.1 Introduction -- 2.4.2 Carbonate Equilibria -- 2.4.3 pH and CO2 in Soil Water -- 2.4.4 Acidification and Carbonate Minerals -- 2.4.5 Dissolution Reactions -- 2.4.6 CO2 Pressures in Soil -- 2.5 Biochemical Oxidations -- 2.5.1 Introduction -- 2.5.2 Redox Reactions -- 2.5.3 The Redox Potential -- References -- 3: Biochemical and Biogeochemical Soil Processes -- 3.1 The Carbon Cycle -- 3.2 The Role of Microbes in the Hydrogeology |
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3.3 Degradation of Organic Soil Pollutants -- 3.3.1 General -- 3.3.2 The Effect of Physical/Chemical Soil Properties on Biodegradation -- 3.3.3 The Effect of the Physical/Chemical Properties of the Pollutant on Biodegradation -- References -- 4: Petroleum -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Petroleum Products and Their Composition -- 4.3 Physical and Biochemical Properties -- 4.3.1 Introduction -- 4.3.2 Solubility of Petroleum Products -- 4.3.3 Adsorption of Petroleum Products -- 4.3.4 Viscosity -- 4.3.5 Vapour Pressures -- 4.3.6 Toxicity of Petroleum Prodcuts |
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4.4 The Behaviour of Spilled Petroleum in Soil -- 4.4.1 Migration into the Soil -- 4.4.2 Product on the Water Table -- References -- 5: Baciterial Growth on Hydrocarbons -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Exponential Growth -- 5.2.1 The Bacterial Growth Cycle -- 5.2.2 Degree of Multiplication: X/X0 -- 5.2.3 Diauxic Growth Cycles -- 5.2.4 Growth Yield -- 5.2.5 Substrate Utilization and Growth Rate -- 5.2.6 The Effect of Carbon Dioxide Pressures on Growth -- 5.3 Linear Growth -- 5.4 Growth on Hydrocarbons -- 5.4.1 Oxygen Demand -- 5.4.2 Growth Rates and Dissolved Oxygen Concentrations -- References |
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6: Petroleum Hydrocarbon Biodegradation -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Role of Atmospheric Oxygen in Hydrocarbon Biodegradation -- 6.2.1 Hydroxylases or Mono-Oxygenases -- 6.2.2 Dioxygenases -- 6.3 Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Biodegradation -- 6.3.1 Dehydrogenation of Paraffins -- 6.3.2 Anaerobic Biodegradation of Monocyclic-Aromatics -- 6.4 Activities of Hydrocarbon Oxidizing Enzymes -- 6.4.1 Alkane Oxygenases -- 6.4.2 Dioxygenases -- 6.5 Oxidation of Petroleum Constituents -- 6.5.1 n-Alkanes -- 6.5.2 Iso-Alkanes and Acyclic Terpenes -- 6.5.3 Alicyclics (Naphthenes) -- 6.5.4 Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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6.6 Co-Oxidation |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351425209 |
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135142520X |
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