Where We Are and Where We Are Going with Green Chemistry
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Mark Benvenuto
Abstract
A variety of green chemical principles and processes are discussed in this volume. They include how green chemistry has affected the petrochemical industry, as well as emerging, possible applications within it. Also included are several chapters that discuss how the 12 green chemistry principles are being applied in higher education (Twelve Principles of Green Chemistry, https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/greenchemistry/what-is-green-chemistry/principles/12-principles-of-greenchemistry.html), when training students who will be the next generation of chemists and engineers, and how they are being examined in new ways in such processes as spent nuclear fuel remediation and the digestion of bisphenol A. In total, these chapters indicate that we have advanced significantly from the initial publication of what is now called the Brundtland report, and also imply that there are large areas in which improvement can still be made (Our Common Future: The World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987).
Abstract
A variety of green chemical principles and processes are discussed in this volume. They include how green chemistry has affected the petrochemical industry, as well as emerging, possible applications within it. Also included are several chapters that discuss how the 12 green chemistry principles are being applied in higher education (Twelve Principles of Green Chemistry, https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/greenchemistry/what-is-green-chemistry/principles/12-principles-of-greenchemistry.html), when training students who will be the next generation of chemists and engineers, and how they are being examined in new ways in such processes as spent nuclear fuel remediation and the digestion of bisphenol A. In total, these chapters indicate that we have advanced significantly from the initial publication of what is now called the Brundtland report, and also imply that there are large areas in which improvement can still be made (Our Common Future: The World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987).
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- List of Contributing Authors IX
- Where We Are and Where We Are Going with Green Chemistry 1
- 1. Upon Further Review: A Commodity Chemist on Green Chemistry 7
- 2. Green Chemistry: Progress and Barriers 17
- 3. Switchable Polarity Solvents: Are They Green? 29
- 4. Toward a Greenish Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Ionic Liquids as Solvents for Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing and Other Decontamination Processes for Contaminated Metal Waste 35
- 5. Green Disposal of Waste Bisphenol A 53
- 6. Green Chemistry Pedagogy 67
- 7. How the Principles of Green Chemistry Changed the Way Organic Chemistry Labs Are Taught at the University of Detroit Mercy 95
- 8. Greening the Curriculum: Traditional and Online Offerings for Science and Nonscience Majors 103
- Index 115
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- List of Contributing Authors IX
- Where We Are and Where We Are Going with Green Chemistry 1
- 1. Upon Further Review: A Commodity Chemist on Green Chemistry 7
- 2. Green Chemistry: Progress and Barriers 17
- 3. Switchable Polarity Solvents: Are They Green? 29
- 4. Toward a Greenish Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Ionic Liquids as Solvents for Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing and Other Decontamination Processes for Contaminated Metal Waste 35
- 5. Green Disposal of Waste Bisphenol A 53
- 6. Green Chemistry Pedagogy 67
- 7. How the Principles of Green Chemistry Changed the Way Organic Chemistry Labs Are Taught at the University of Detroit Mercy 95
- 8. Greening the Curriculum: Traditional and Online Offerings for Science and Nonscience Majors 103
- Index 115
