Green Chemistry

Fundamentals and Applications
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-926895-43-7
Verlag: Apple Academic Press

Buch, Englisch, 396 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 703 g

This book highlights the potential and scope of green chemistry for clean and sustainable development. Covering the basics, the book introduces readers to the need and the many applications and benefits and advantages of environmentally friendly chemical practice and application in industry. The book addresses such topics as ecologically safe products, catalysts and solvents, conditions needed to produce such products, types of chemical processes that are conducive to green chemistry, and much more.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ameta, Suresh C

Ameta, Rakshit

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Verfahrenstechnik, Chemieingenieurwesen
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Experimental Techniques. Benign Starting Materials. Eco-Friendly Targets. Green Catalysts. Ionic Liquids: Promising Solvent. Other Green Solvents. Photocatalysis: An Emerging Technology. Photo-Fenton Reactions. Sonochemistry: A Pollution Free Pathway. Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis: A Need of the Day. Green Composites. Recent Developments. Some Green Manufacturing Processes. Future Trends.

Über Autor(innen)

Suresh C. Ameta is Professor and Director of the Department of Chemistry at Pacific College of Basic & Applied Sciences, PAHER University in Debari, India. He has about 40 years experience of teaching and research. He has published about 400 research papers to his credit and guided successfully 70 students for their PhD theses. Professor Ameta has received many awards, including the Life Time Achievement Award from the Indian Chemical Society in 2011.

Rakshit Ameta, PhD, is currently Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Pacific College of Basic & Applied Sciences, PAHER University in Debari, India. He has about 7 years of experience in teaching and research. He has published more than 30 research papers and at present is guiding five research students for their PhD theses. He is an elected member of the executive councils of Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata, and Indian Council of Chemists, Agra.