This book aims to provide the scientific community with a novel and valuable approach based on fractal geometry concepts on the important properties and processes of diverse environmental systems. The interpretation of complex environmental systems using modern fractal approaches is compared and contrasted with the more classical approaches. The book will provide the fundamental knowledge necessary for solving practical environmental problems. Furthermore, it examinea how the fractal approach has been applied in order to understand the structure and reactivity of natural, environmental systems including flocs, sediments, soils, microorganisms and humic substances.
Author(s): Nicola Senesi, Kevin J. Wilkinson
Series: Series on Analytical and Physical Chemistry of Environmental Systems
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 340
Biophysical Chemistry of Fractal Structures and Processes in Environmental Systems......Page 3
Contents......Page 7
About the Editors......Page 9
List of Contributors......Page 11
Series Preface......Page 13
Preface......Page 15
1 Introduction to the Study of Environmental Fractals......Page 19
2 Introduction to Fractal Geometry, Fragmentation Processes and Multifractal Measures: Theory and Operational Aspects of their Application to Natural Systems......Page 29
3 Methods and Techniques for Fractal Analysis of Environmental Systems......Page 87
4 Fractal Structures and Mechanisms in Coagulation/Flocculation Processes in Environmental Systems: Theoretical Aspects......Page 129
5 Fractal Mechanisms in Coagulation/Flocculation Processes in Environmental Systems......Page 167
6 Fractal Approach to Adsorption/Desorption Processes on Environmental Surfaces......Page 197
7 Applications of Fractals in the Study of Humic Materials......Page 239
8 Fractal Geometry and Microorganisms in the Environment......Page 257
9 Fractal Geometry of Aerosol Particles......Page 291
Index......Page 335
