Chemistry for sustainable technologies
Subtitle: a foundation
By: Neil Winterton
Contributors: Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)
Publisher: RSC Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9781847558138
Subjects: Environmental chemistry; Sustainable development
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1 .Scope of the Book.; title: References; title: 2. Setting the Scene.; title: The State of the Planet; title: The 'Trilemma'; title: Human Population and its Growth; title: Our Attitudes to Technology and How We Come by Them; title: Science, Controversy and the Media; title: Chemisty and the Chemical Industry; title: Why We Cannot Turn the Clock Back; title: Synthetic Bad, Natural Good?; title: Decision-making and 'Wicked' Problems; title: Sustainable Development and Hyperdisciplinarity; title: The Role of the Expert; title: References; title: Bibliography; title: Webliography; title: 3. Sustainalitily and Sustainable Development.; title: What is Sustainability? And is it Different from Sustainable Development?; title: Environmental Burden or Carrying Capacity; title: Footprints: Ecological, Carbon and Water; title: Requirements for Sustainability; title: References; title: Bibliography; title: Webliography; title: 4. Science and its Importance.; title: What is Science?; title: The Scientific Method; title: Hypotheses, Models, Theories and Laws; title: Exchange of Scientific Knowledge: Peer Review; title: Science and Authority; title: Science and Technology; title: Good Science, Bad Science and the Media; title: Care in What We Say and How We Say It; title: Ignorance, Uncertainty and Indeterminancy; title: References; title: Bibliography; title: Webliography; title: 5. Chemistry of the Environment.; title: Environmental Science and Environmental Chemistry; title: Geochemistry; title: Global Geochemical Cycling of the Elements; title: The Carbon Cycle I: The Role of Carbon Dioxide; title: The Sun; title: The Greenhouse Effect; title: Global Warming Potential; title: The Carbon Cycle II: Methane and its Atmospheric Lifetime; title: The Nitrogen Cycle, Nitrous Oxide and Biomass Production; title: Human Impact on the Environment; title: Geophysiology or Earth Systems Science; title: Geoengineering; title: References; title: Bibliography; title: Webliography; title: 6. Waste, Pollution and the Second Law of Thermodynamics.; title: What is Waste?; title: When Waste Becomes Pollution; title: Chemical Waste: Sheldon's E-factor; title: Approaches to Chemical Waste Minimisation; title: Waste Minimisation Hierarchy; title: Chemical Waste: Historical Trends and Changes; title: Inevitability of Waste (But Not Necessarily of Pollution); title: Importance of Defining Boundaries; title: Life-cycle Inventory; title: The Central Importance of Thermodynamics; title: Entropy and Waste; title: Work and the Carnot Cycle; title: Real Processes: Exergy; title: Exergetic Analysis; title: Exergetic Comparison of Processes for Ethanol Production; title: References; title: Bibliography; title: Webliography; title: 7. Measurement.; title: Reaction Yield; title: Mass Balance; title: Conversion; title: Selectivity; title: Atom Efficiency; title: Process Chemistry; title: Balance Yield; title: Reaction Mass Efficiency; title: Other Metrics; title: References; title: Bibliography; title: Webliography; title: 8. Chemistry: Necessary but not Sufficient.; title: Prebiotic Chemistry (Organic, Inorganic and Physical); title: The 50 Millionth Chemical Substance; title: CAS Registry Number 173075-49-5; title: The Significance of Small Things; title: Tamiflu; title: Chemistry in the Real World; title: Metathesis, Fullerenes and the Nobel Prize; title: Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards; title: Green Chemistry: A Brief History; title: Principles of Green Chemistry; title: 'Green' Reaction Media; title: References; title: Bibliography; title: Webliography; title: 9. Chemical Processing.; title: Technological Development and Experience Curves; title: Stages of Technological Development; title: Investment and Risk; title: Product Development; title: Patenting; title: Application of Process Engineering and Chemistry; title: Reaction Sequence; title: Mixing and Mass Transfer; title: Process Intensification; title: Novel Stimuli; title: Inherent Safety and Inherent Waste Minimisation; title: Process Integration and Industrial Ecology; title: References; title: Bibliography; title: Webliography; title: 10. Catalysis.; title: Catalysis, Kinetics and the Catalytically Active Species; title: Catalysis in the Environment; title: Measuring Catalysis Performance; title: Catalysis and Sustainability; title: Catalysis in Industry; title: Waste Reduction and Prevention through Catalysis; title: Catalysis and Waste as Feedstocks; title: Environmental and Sustainable Catalysis; title: Catalysis and Renewables; title: References; title: Bibliography; title: Webliography; title: 11. Chemicals from Biomass.; title: Renewable Resources; title: Biomass, Renewability and Sustainability; title: Chemistry and Biomass: An Overview; title: Chemicals from Biomass: The Nature of Biomass and its Derivatives; title: Chemicals from Biomass: Sources of Biomass; title: Chemicals from Biomass: Biofuels, Commodities, Specialities and 'Platform' Chemicals; title: Chemicals from Biomass; Biomass Processing; title: Technological Interdependence and Integration; title: Technological Constraints; title: References; title: Bibliography; title: Webliography; title: 12. Energy Production.; title: Primary, Secondary, Renewable and Sustainable Energy; title: Conventional Sources of Energy; title: Energy from Renewables; title: Secondary Energy Sources and Energy Storage; title: References; title: Bibliography; title: Webliography; title: 13.The Chemist as Citizen.; title: Science and Ethics; title: Rhetoric and Evidence; title: Science and Public Perception; title: Scepticism and Open Mindedness; title: Logic and Fairness; title: Individual Action; title: Science, Activism and Advocacy; title: 'Climategate'; title: References; title: Webliography; title: Appendix 1. Finding Stuff Out; title: Appendix 2. Units and Abbreviations; title: Appendix 3.Twelve More Green Chemistry Principles.