Chemistry of Waste Minimization

1995
ISBN: 978-0-7514-0220-9
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 554 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1027 g

Political pressure has translated into legislation requiring industry to reduce waste. There is an unprecedented opportunity for chemists to develop and apply new methods that result in waste reduction, and this book describes examples of new chemical methods used to reduce waste at source and to treat toxic waste.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clark, J. H.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Luftreinhaltung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltüberwachung, Umweltanalytik, Umweltinformatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Waste minimization - the industrial approach. The development and impact of environmental legislation on the chemical industry. The use of solid supports and supported reagents in liquid phase organic reactions. Phase transfer catalysis. Polymer supported synthesis. Industrial synthesis of optically active compounds. CFC alternatives and new catalytic methods of synthesis. Hydrogen peroxide in clean processes. Sonochemistry in waste minimization. Electrochemical aspects of chemical waste minimization. Solvent selection. Polymer recycling. Methods of metal capture from effluent. Chemical destruction using supercritical water. The use of catalysis in the manufacture of fine chemicals and chemical intermediates.