The leading resource on ozone technology, this book contains everything from chemical basics to technical and economic concerns. The text has been updated to include the latest developments in water treatment and industrial processes. Following an introduction, the first part looks at toxicology, reaction mechanisms and full-scale applications, while Part B covers experimental design, equipment and analytical methods, mass transfer, reaction kinetics and the application of ozone in combined processes.

Christiane Gottschalk holds a PhD degree in environmental engineering from the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. She is currently responsible for the strategic product development of the business unit ozone at MKS Instruments.

Judy Libra is currently a project coordinator with acatech, the German Academy of Science and Engineering. She holds degrees in chemical engineering, civil engineering and environmental process engineering and has taught and researched in the field of wastewater treatment for many years at the Technical Universities in Berlin and Cottbus, Germany.

Adrian Saupe holds a PhD in environmental engineering. Having developed the use of ozonation in wastewater treatment, especially in combined chemical-biological processes, at the Technical University of Berlin, he is now working as a program manager with the Research Funding and Management organisation Project Management Jülich (PtJ), affiliated with the Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany.

Ozone is a reactive oxygen species that is increasingly used in water treatment, replacing environmentally harmful chlorine. Ozonation is effective against a range of contaminants found in water, including microbes and toxic chemicals. Because ozone can be generated from normal air 'on the spot', it is superior to other chemical 'cleaners' in many technical processes.

The leading resource on ozone technology, this book contains everything from chemical basics to technical and economic concerns. In this second edition, the text has been updated to include the latest developments in water treatment and industrial processes. Following an introduction, the first part looks at toxicology, reaction mechanisms and full-scale applications, while Part B covers experimental design, equipment and analytical methods, mass transfer, reaction kinetics and the application of ozone in combined processes

A glossary of terms rounds off this handy reference for water and environmental chemists, biotechnologists, microbiologists, public water and public health agencies.