Part I: Introduction.

1. General Topic and Overview.

2. An Introduction to Environmental Organic Chemicals.

Part II: Equilibrium Partitioning Between Gaseous, Liquid, and Solid Phases.

3. Partitioning: Molecular Interactions and Thermodynamics.

4. Vapor Pressure.

5. Activity Coefficient and Solubility in Water.

6. Air-Organic Solvent and Air-Water Partitioning.

7. Organic Liquid-Water Partitioning.

8. Organic Acids and Bases: Acidity Constant and Partitioning Behavior.

9. Sorption I: General Introduction and Sorption Processes Involving Organic Matter.

10. Sorption II: Partitioning to Living Media - Bioaccumulation and Baseline Toxicity.

11. Sorption III: Sorption Processes Involving Inorganic Surfaces.

Part III: Transformation Processes.

12. Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Transformation Reactions.

13. Chemical Transformations I: Hydrolysis and Reactions Involving Other Nucleophilic Species.

14. Chemical Transformations II: Redox Reactions.

15. Direct Photolysis.

16. Indirect Photolysis: Reactions with Photooxidants in Natural Waters and in the Atmosphere.

17. Biological Transformations.

Part IV: Modeling Tools: Transport and Reaction.

18. Transport by Random Motion.

19. Transport Through Boundaries.

20. Air-Water Exchange.

21. Box Models.

22. Models in Space and Time.

Part V: Environmental Systems and Case Studies.

23. Ponds, Lakes, and Oceans.

24. Rivers.

25. Groundwater.

Appendix.

Bibliography.

Index (Subject Index, Compound Index, List of Illustrative Examples).