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Green chemistry and engineering : a pathway to sustainability /
"Although many were skeptical of the green chemistry movement at first, it has become a multimillion-dollar business. In preventing the creation of hazardous wastes, laboratories and corporations can save millions in clean up efforts and related health costs. This book supplies students with co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
Wiley,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- COVER; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; DEDICATION; PREFACE; 1 UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUES; 1.1 A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY; 1.2 TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY CHEMISTRY, aka GREEN CHEMISTRY; 1.3 LAYOUT OF THE BOOK; REFERENCES; 2 PRINCIPLES OF GREEN CHEMISTRY AND GREEN ENGINEERING; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 GREEN CHEMISTRY; 2.3 GREEN ENGINEERING; 2.4 SUSTAINABILITY; REFERENCES; 3 CHEMISTRY AS AN UNDERLYING FORCE IN ECOSYSTEM INTERACTIONS; 3.1 NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT; 3.2 POLLUTION PREVENTION (P2); 3.3 ECOTOXICOLOGY; 3.4 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ANALYSIS; 3.5 WHAT CAN YOU DO TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?; REFERENCES.
- 4 matter: the heart of green chemistry4.1 matter: definition, classification, and the periodic table; 4.2 atomic structure; 4.3 three states of matter; 4.4 molecular and ionic compounds; 4.5 chemical reactions; 4.6 mixtures, acids, and bases; references; 5 chemical reactions; 5.1 definition of chemical reactions and balancing of chemical equations; 5.2 chemical reactions and quantities of reactants and products; 5.3 patterns of chemical reactions; 5.4 effectiveness and efficiency of chemical reactions: yield versus atom economy; reference; 6 kinetics, catalysis, and reaction engineering.
- 6.1 basic concept of rate6.2 role of industrial and biological catalysts; 6.3 reaction engineering; 6.4 summary; references; 7 thermodynamics, separations, and equilibrium; 7.1 ideal gases; 7.2 the first law of thermodynamics; 7.3 ideal gas calculations; 7.4 entropy and the second law of thermodynamics; 7.5 real gas properties; 7.6 the phase diagram; 7.7 equilibrium; 7.8 solubility of a gas in a liquid; 7.9 solubility of a solid in a liquid; 7.10 summary; references; 8 renewable materials; 8.1 introduction; 8.2 renewable feedstocks; 8.3 applications of renewable materials; 8.4 conclusion.
- 10.5 incorporation of green chemistry in process design for sustainability10.6 case studies demonstrating the economic benefits of green chemistry and design; 10.7 summary; references; 11 green chemistry and toxicology; 11.1 introduction; 11.2 fundamental principles of toxicology; 11.3 identifying chemicals of concern; 11.4 toxicology data; 11.5 computational toxicology and green chemistry; 11.6 applications of toxicology into green chemistry initiatives; 11.7 future perspectives; references; index.