Sustainable and Green Chemistry in very simple terms is just a different way of thinking about how chemistry and chemical engineering can be done. Over the years different principles have been proposed that can be used when thinking about the design, development and implementation of chemical products and processes. These principles enable scientists and engineers to protect and benefit the economy, people and the planet by finding creative and innovative ways to reduce waste, conserve energy, and discover replacements for hazardous substances.
Green Chemistry can also be defined through the use of metrics. While a unified set
of metrics has not been established, many ways to quantify greener processes
and products have been proposed. These metrics include ones for mass, energy,
hazardous substance reduction or elimination, and life cycle environmental
impacts.
“Green
Chemistry is the utilization of a set of principles that reduces or eliminates
the use or generation of hazardous substances in the design, manufacture and
applications of chemical products”.
Principles
of Green Chemistry:
- Prevention
- Atom Economy
- Less Hazardous Chemical Syntheses
- Designing Safer Chemicals
- Safer Solvents and Auxiliaries
- Design for Energy Efficiency
- Use of Renewable Feed stocks
- Reduce Derivatives
- Catalysis
- Design for Degradation
- Real-time analysis for Pollution Prevention
- Inherently Safer Chemistry for Accident Prevention
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