Alternative Solvents for Green Chemistry (eBook)

Canada) Kerton Francesca (Memorial University of Newfoundland, UK) Marriott Ray (University of Bangor (Autoren)

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2013 | 2. Auflage
350 Seiten
Royal Society of Chemistry (Verlag)
978-1-84973-682-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This book, appropriate for newcomers to the field, gives an overview of the many different kinds of solvents including alternative greener solvent choices.

Autor

Francesca M Kerton is Assistant Professor (Green Chemistry) in the Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. She gained her BSc in Chemistry with Environmental Science at the University of Kent and her PhD in Chemistry at the University of Sussex. For 2 years she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia in Canada followed by a Lecturer, then Royal Society University Research Fellow, at the University of York, UK. She has contributed to many books and journal articles and her research interests are green chemistry including solvent replacement, catalysis and renewable feedstocks.

Inhalt

Introduction; Green Solvents – Legislation and Certification; 'Solvent-Free' Chemistry; Water; Supercritical Fluids; Renewable Solvents and Other ‘Green’ VOCs; Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids and Eutectic Mixtures; Fluorous Solvents and Related Systems; Liquid Polymers; Tunable and Switchable Solvent Systems; Industrial Applications of Green Solvents; Education and Outreach.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.1.2013
• Reihe/Serie: ISSN
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• Verlagsort: Cambridge
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Organische Chemie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• Schlagworte: 2nd • Alternative • Chemistry • Edition • Green • Nd • solvents
• ISBN-10: 1-84973-682-0 / 1849736820
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84973-682-4 / 9781849736824