
Green Chemistry Approaches to Environmental Sustainability
Status, Challenges and Prospective
- 1st Edition - September 19, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Vinod Kumar Garg, Anoop Yadav, Chandra Mohan, Sushma Yadav, Neeraj Kumari
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 9 5 9 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 9 6 0 - 9
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Request a sales quote- Encompasses all aspects of green chemistry through an interdisciplinary approach
- Addresses major accomplishments for sustainable development
- Presents green chemistry as a philosophical approach whereby its core principle can attribute towards sustainable developments
1. Introduction to Environmental and Green Chemistry
Driver for changes
Basic principles of green chemistry
Advancements in green chemistry towards sustainable future
Summary
References
2. Environmental Pollution
Air Pollution
Water Pollution
Soil Pollution
Noise Pollution
Light Pollution
Nanomaterial pollution
Summary
References
3. Chemical Toxicology in Environmental matrices
3.1 Basic concept of Chemical Toxicology
Different Areas of Chemical Toxicology
Classes of Chemical Toxicants
Uptake and disposition of toxic chemicals
Effects and prevention of Chemical Toxicity
Summary
References
Tentative author: Prof. Chen Meixue
4. Applications of Green Chemistry for Environmental Remediation
4.1 Challenges of green chemistry for environmental remediation
4.2 Different approaches of green chemistry for environmental remediation
4.3 Role of green chemistry in water remediation
4.4 Role of green chemistry in air remediation
4.5 Role of green chemistry in soil remediation
4.6 Summary
4.7 References
5. Approaches and challenges with respect to green chemistry in Industries
5.1 Greening of the Chemical Industry
5.2 Industrial application of green chemistry
5.3 The challenges to chemists: Using green solvent
5.4 The challenges to chemists: Using green approach
5.5 Case studies
5.6 Summary
5.7 References
6. Plant-derived compounds and their green synthesis in pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Plant derived compounds
6.3 Green synthesis in pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals
6.4 Conclusion
6.5 References
7. Greener Anthrosphere through Industrial Ecology
7.1 Green Anthrosphere
7.2 Industrial ecosystem
7.3 Green chemistry and industrial ecology
7.4 Summary
7.5 References
8. Radioactive waste minimization and management
8.1 Radioactive waste generation
8.2 Basic waste management technologies
8.3 Radioactive waste reduction in nuclear power plants
8.4 Radioactive waste reduction in biomedical science
8.5 Summary
8.6 References
9. Green Chemistry for production of renewable energy
9.1 Renewable energy
9.2 Contribution of renewable energy sources towards the energy demand globally
9.3 Challenges faced by renewable energy sector
9.4 Summary
9.5 References
10. Role of chemistry in green energy production
10.1 Concept of green energy
10.2 Alternate energy sources
10.3 PV solar technology
10.4 Energy storage devices
10.5 Energy production through biogas/biomass
10.6 Summary
10.7 References
11. Use of Renewable feedstocks for chemical Synthesis
11.1 Introduction of renewable feedstock
11.2 Renewable feedstock in chemical industry for sustainable development
11.3 Preparation of natural products from renewable feedstock
11.4 Production of polymeric materials from renewable feedstock
11.5 Summary
11.6 References
12. Full blown green metrics
12.1 Green Chemistry Metrics
12.2. Mass-based metrics of greenness
12.3 Mass-based versus impact-based metrics
12.4 E-factor in green metrics
12.5 Summary
12.6 References
13. A green approach: Living Nano factories
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Approaches for Microbes-Derived Nanoparticle Synthesis
13.3 Application of microbial nanoparticles
13.4 Summary
13.5 References
14. Green Fuels Technology
14.1 Introduction to biofuels
14.2 Different types of biofuels like bioethanol, biodiesel, biohydrogen
14.3 Challenges and synthesis of biofuels
14.4 Summary
14.5 References
15. Green Technologies for Biovalorization
15.1 Microbial approach for valorization of wastes
15.2 Valorization of agri-food wastes
15.3 Wastewater sludge valorization
15.4 Summary
15.5 References
16. Depolymerization of Waste Plastics and Chemicals
16.1 Plastic pollution
16.2 Plastics depolymerization technologies
16.3 Plastics waste as an alternate source of energy
16.4 Chemical Depolymerization
16.5 Challenge and Future
16.6 Summary
16.7 References
17. SDGs for addressing environmental Challenges
17.1 Introduction of SDGs
17.2 Role of chemistry to achieve the SDGs
17.3 Responsibilities of individual and society
17.4 Responsibilities of governments
17.5 Summary
17.6 References
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 19, 2023
- No. of pages (Paperback): 402
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443189593
- eBook ISBN: 9780443189609
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