Green Chemistry and the Ten Commandments

Green Oxygen and Nitrogen from the Air Elemental oxygen and nitrogen are important commercial products extracted from a ...

evaporates from sea spray droplets, cement dust, soil dust dispersed by wind, foundry dust, and pulverized coal. Carbon black, m ...

The simplest method of particle control from stack gas and other gases released to the atmosphere consists of sedimentation in w ...

Atmospheric oxidation of H 2 S emitted to the atmosphere by bacteria and from geothermal sources (volcanoes, hot springs, geyse ...

Some of the CaSO 3 product is oxidized to CaSO 4. Another approach uses a slurry of calcium hydroxide (lime, Ca(OH) 2 ) to react ...

N 2 + O 2 → 2NO (8.6.7) to produce NO. Combustion of fuels that contain organically bound nitrogen, such as coal, also produces ...

areas. (There have been some unfortunate cases where localized release of acid, usually as sulfur dioxide from metal ore smeltin ...

Direct effects on humans and other animals. These are usually respiratory effects, and asthmatics are especially vulnerable. Ef ...

SiCl 4 + 2H 2 O → SiO 2 + 4HCl (8.8.3) and from the combustion of chlorine-containing polyvinylchloride (PVC) plastic. The stron ...

the planet’s surface temperature at a tolerable level. Levels of carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere are now about 380 parts pe ...

The concern with increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is that it will lead to — indeed is leading to — an excess of a goo ...

meters. Decreased rainfall and increased water evaporation would contribute to severe drought and water shortages that could mak ...

light energy to chemical energy. Raising this value to only 1% would make a vast difference in the economics of producing biomas ...

CH 4 + O → H 3 C. + HO. (8.10.2) to produce a methyl radical, H 3 C., and a hydroxyl radical, HO.. In these formulas, the dot sh ...

People exposed to 0.15 parts per million of ozone in air experience irritation to the respiratory mucous tissues accompanied by ...

consumption and in driveability of vehicles. However, over the last three decades, the internal combustion automobile engine has ...

After inspecting Figure 8.2, suggest why air in the troposphere mixes only slowly with that in the stratosphere. What chemical ...

What is a serious air pollution phenomenon resulting from an atmospheric reaction of sulfur dioxide? In what form may approxima ...

9. THE BIOSPHERE: HOW THE REVOLUTION IN BIOLOGY RELATES TO GREEN CHEMISTRY 9.1. Green Chemistry and the Biosphe ...

224 Green Chemistry, 2nd ed highly toxic substances that are often used in chemical synthesis, the elimination of w ...