Green solvents for chemistry : perspectives and practice / William M. Nelson.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-377) and index.

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Cover -- Contents -- 1. Philosophy of the Environment -- 1.1 The Emerging Paradigm -- 1.2 Pollution Prevention and Green Chemistry -- 1.3 Philosophy in Practice -- 1.4 Solvents -- 1.5 Future Direction -- 1.6 Subject Content of Book -- 2. Chemical Practice and Solvent Usage -- 2.1 Solvent Usage -- 2.2 Pollution: Effects of solvents -- 2.3 Applications of Solvents -- 2.4 Broad Areas of Application -- 2.5 Domain and Range of Solvent Employment -- 2.6 Global Effects of Solvent Usage -- 2.7 Challenge Offered to the Chemical Community -- 2.8 Solvent Supply and Demand -- 3. Solvation and Solvent Phenomena -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Physical Properties of Solvents -- 3.3 Chemical Properites of Solvents -- 3.4 Solvation Chemistry -- 3.5 Sovent Effects on Chemical Phenomena -- 3.6 Solvent Roles -- 3.7 Solvent Effects and Green Chemistry -- 4. Green Solvents in Green Chemistry -- 4.1 Definition of Green Solvents -- 4.2 Specific Health and Environmental Requirements -- 4.3 Solvents in Terms of Life-Cycle Analysis -- 4.4 Life-Cycle Assessment -- 4.5 Life-Cycle Assessment: Its Application to Solvents -- 4.6 A Proposed LCA Approach to Solvent Selection -- 4.7 Proposed Checklist for Solvent Use Evaluation -- 4.8 Practical Approach to Life-Cycle Evaluation of Solvent Usage -- 4.9 LCA Leading to Total Quality Management (TQM) -- 4.10 Concluding Comments on LCA -- 4.11 Green Solvents -- 5. Criteria for Selection and/or Design of Green Solvents -- 5.1 The Need for Green Solvents -- 5.2 Criteria to Evaluate Solvents -- 5.3 Reversibility of Toxicity -- 5.4 Concept of Receptors -- 5.5 Mode of Entry of Toxins -- 5.6 Translocation of Xenobiotics -- 5.7 Storage of Chemicals in the Body -- 5.8 Interpretation of Toxicity -- 5.9 Methodology to Evaluate Green Solvents -- 5.10 Presently Available Solvents -- 6. Green Solvents for Academic Chemistry -- 6.1 Environmental Concerns for Educational Institutions -- 6.2 Green Chemistry Alternatives -- 6.3 Early Chemistries: Elementary through High School -- 6.4 Undergraduate/Graduate Schools -- 6.5 Organic Chemistry -- 6.6 Readily Available Drop-in Replacements -- 6.7 Inorganic Chemistry -- 6.8 Nuclear and Photochemistry -- 6.9 Analytical Chemistry -- 6.10 Biochemistry -- 6.11 Medicinal Chemistry -- 6.12 Teaching Laboratories -- 7. Green Solvents for Industrial Chemistry -- 7.1 Environmentally Friendly Processes -- 7.2 Industry's Response to the Global Environment -- 7.3 Occupational Toxicology -- 7.4 What Are Green Industrial Solvents? -- 7.5 Solvents by Industrial Reaction Process -- 7.6 Alternative Solvents for Separation Processes -- 7.7 Military Solvents -- 7.8 Future of Industrial Solvents -- 8. Green Solvents for Practical and Ordinary Chemical Usage -- 8.1 Why This Area? -- 8.2 Ordinary Solvent Usage -- 8.3 Household Solvents -- 8.4 Recreational and Transportation Solvents -- 8.5 Evaluating Chemistries -- 9. Green Solvents: Ecology and Economics -- 9.1 Place of Green Solvents in Chemistry Practices -- 9.2 Green Solvents: Epilogue -- 9.3 Economics and Ecology -- 9.4 Future Steps -- Appendices -- R.

The aim of this book is to introduce the use of green solvents throughout chemistry and to provide a comprehensive reference for solvents currently applicable in green chemistry. The first section covers solvents in chemical perspective, and the second section is a guide to green solvents. Overall, this volume defines characteristics of green solvents and their current usage, and explores their importance ecologically and economically. It includes a full range of commercial, industrial, and academic green solvents, and discusses solvents in specific commercial and non-commercial practices. "Green Solvents for Chemistry" differs from other works on solvents in that only solvents for green chemistry are included along with their chemical properties and toxicological issues.

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