Analytical Chemistry Applied to Emerging Pollutants (eBook)

Prof. Dr. Sílvio Vaz Jr holds a BSc degree in Chemistry, a MSc degree in Physical Chemistry and a DSc degree in Analytical Chemistry from University of São Paulo, Brazil, and a doctorate degree in Chemistry from University of Coimbra, Portugal. He was director and partner of two private analytical laboratories related to environmental analysis. Since 2010, he is a research scientist at the state-owned Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) working on the development of renewable chemicals from biomass and analytical chemistry applied to bioenergy and environment. He is a current member of IUPAC and of the American Chemical Society and has published articles and books related to green chemistry, biomass chemistry and environmental and analytical chemistry. 

Chapter 1: What are emerging pollutants (EPs) and their fate on the environment           1.1  Definition      1.2  Classes of emerging pollutants      1.3  Sources and fate      1.4  Physicochemical properties and reactions      1.5  Toxicological aspects      1.6  Human and biota exposure    Chapter 2: Fundamental aspects of analytical chemistry for environmental analysis      2.1 Fundaments      2.3 Chemometrics      2.4 Quality control & quality assurance      2.5 Green analytical chemistry   Chapter 3: Analytical techniques      3.1 Analytical techniques based on mass, volume, mol and charge      3.2 Spectroscopic techniques      3.3 Chromatographic techniques      3.4 Electrochemical techniques      3.5 Sensors and miniaturized probes      3.6 High-throughput techniques for non-target and suspect analysis      3.7 Bioassays    Chapter 4:  The main environmental matrices: air, soil and water      4.1 Air composition properties           4.1.1 Sampling and sample preparation           4.1.2 Methods for EPs analyses in air      4.2 Soil composition and properties           4.2.1 Sampling and sample preparation           4.2.2 Methods for EPs analyses in soil      4.3 Water composition and properties           4.3.1 Sampling and sample preparation           4.3.2 Methods for EPs analyses in water   Chapter 5:  Analysis of degradation products of EPs      5.1 Degradation products under environmental conditions      5.2 Degradation products derived from advanced oxidative processes   Chapter 6:  Concluding remarks