Green Chemistry and the Ten Commandments

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  • 1 Hydrogen H 1. number Name Symbol mass

  • 2 Helium He 4.

  • 3 Lithium Li 6.

  • 4 Beryllium Be 9.

  • 5 Boron B 10.

  • 6 Carbon C 12.

  • 7 Nitrogen N 14.

  • 8 Oxygen O 15.

  • 9 Fluorine F 18.

  • 10 Neon Ne 20.

  • 11 Sodium Na 22.

  • 12 Magnesium Mg 24.

  • 13 Aluminum Al 26.

  • 14 Silicon Si 28.

  • 15 Phosphorus P 30.

  • 16 Sulfur S 32.

  • 17 Chlorine Cl 35.

  • 18 Argon Ar 39.

  • 19 Potassium K 39.

  • 20 Calcium Ca 40.

  • 21 Scandium Sc 44.

  • 22 Titanium Ti 47.

  • 23 Vanadium V 50.

  • 24 Chromium Cr 51.

  • 25 Manganese Mn 54.

  • 26 Iron Fe 55.

  • 27 Cobalt Co 58.

  • 28 Nickel Ni 58.

  • 29 Copper Cu 63.

  • 30 Zinc Zn 65.

  • 31 Gallium Ga 69.

  • 32 Germanium Ge 72.

  • 33 Arsenic As 74.

  • 34 Selenium Se 78.

  • 35 Bromine Br 79.

  • 36 Krypton Kr 83.

  • 37 Rubidium Rb 85.

  • 38 Strontium Sr 87.

  • 39 Yttrium Y 88.

  • 40 Zirconium Zr 91.

  • 41 Niobium Nb 92.

  • 42 Molybdenum Mo 95.

  • 43 Technetium Tc

  • 44 Ruthenium Ru 101.

  • 45 Rhodium Rh 102.

  • 46 Palladium Pd 106.

  • 47 Silver Ag 107.

  • 48 Cadmium Cd 112.

  • 49 Indium In 114.

  • 50 Tin Sn 118.

  • 51 Antimony Sb 121.

  • 52 Tellurium Te 127.

  • 53 Iodine I 126.

  • 54 Xenon Xe 131.

  • 55 Cesium Cs 132.

  • 56 Barium Ba 137.

    • 57 Lanthanum La 138. number Name Symbol mass

    • 58 Cerium Ce 140.

    • 59 Praseodymium Pr 140.

    • 60 Neodymium Nd 144.

    • 61 Promethium Pm

    • 62 Samarium Sm 150.

    • 63 Europium Eu 151.

    • 64 Gadolinium Gd 157.

    • 65 Terbium Tb 158.

    • 66 Dysprosium Dy 162.

    • 67 Holmium Ho 164.

    • 68 Erbium Er 167.

    • 69 Thulium Tm 168.

    • 70 Ytterbium Yb 173.

    • 71 Lutetium Lu 174.

    • 72 Hafnium Hf 178.

    • 73 Tantalum Ta 180.

    • 74 Tungsten W 183.

    • 75 Rhenium Re 186.

    • 76 Osmium Os 190.

    • 77 Iridium Ir 192.

    • 78 Platinum Pt 195.

    • 79 Gold Au 196.

    • 80 Mercury Hg 200.

    • 81 Thallium Tl 204.

    • 82 Lead Pb 207.

    • 83 Bismuth Bi 208.

    • 84 Polonium Po

    • 85 Astatine At

    • 86 Radon Rn

    • 87 Francium Fr

    • 88 Radium Ra 226.

    • 89 Actinium Ac 227.

    • 90 Thorium Th 232.

    • 91 Protactinium Pa 231.

    • 92 Uranium U 238.

    • 93 Neptunium Np 237.

    • 94 Plutonium Pu

    • 95 Americium Am

    • 96 Curium Cm

    • 97 Berkelium Bk

    • 98 Californium Cf

    • 99 Einsteinium Es

    • 100 Fermium Fm 257.

    • 101 Mendelevium Md 258.

    • 102 Nobelium No

    • 103 Lawrencium Lr

    • 104 Rutherfordium Rf 261.

    • 105 Dubnium Db 262.

    • 106 Seaborgium Sg 263.

    • 107 Bohrium Bh 262.

    • 108 Hassium Hs

    • ____^109 Meitnerium Mt



  • Chapter 1. Chemistry, Green Chemistry, and Environmental Chemistry

  • 1.1. Chemistry Is Good

  • 1.2. The Environment and the Five Environmental Spheres

  • 1.3. What Is Environmental Chemistry?

  • 1.4. Environmental Pollution

  • 1.5. What Is Green Chemistry?

  • 1.6. Green Chemistry and Synthetic Chemistry

  • 1.7. Reduction of Risk: Hazard and Exposure

  • 1.8. The Risks of No Risks

  • 1.9. Waste Prevention

  • 1.10. Basic Principles of Green Chemistry

  • 1.11. Some Things to Know About Chemistry before You Even Start

  • 1.12. Combining Atoms to Make Molecules and Compounds

  • 1.13. The Process of Making and Breaking Chemical Bonds: Chemical Reactions

  • 1.14. The Nature of Matter and States of Matter

  • Chapter 2. The Elements: Basic Building Blocks of Green Chemicals

  • 2.1. Elements, Atoms, and Atomic Theory

  • 2.2. Hydrogen, the Simplest Atom

  • 2.3. Helium, the First Noble Gas

  • 2.4. Lithium, the First Metal

  • 2.5. The Second Period of the Periodic Table

  • 2.6. The Special Significance of the Octet of 8 Outer Shell Electrons

  • 2.7. Completing the 20-Element Periodic Table

  • 2.8. The Brief Periodic Table Is Complete

  • Chapter 3. Compounds: Safer Materials for a Safer World

  • 3.1. Chemical Bonds and Compound Formation

  • 3.2. Electrons Involved in Chemical Bonds and Octets of Electrons

  • 3.3. Sodium Chloride and Ionic Bonds

  • 3.4. Covalent Bonds in H 2 and Other Molecules

  • 3.5. Covalent Bonds in Compounds

  • 3.6. Covalent Bonds and Green Chemistry

  • 3.7. Predicting Covalently Bound Compounds

  • 3.8. Chemical Formulas, the Mole, and Percentage Composition

  • 3.9. What Are Chemical Compounds Called?

  • 3.10. Acids, Bases, and Salts

  • Environment Chapter 4. Chemical Reactions: Making Materials Safely Without Damaging the

  • 4.1. Describing What Happens With Chemical Equations

  • 4.2. Balancing Chemical Equations

  • 4.3. Just Because You Can Write It Does Not Mean That It Will Happen

  • 4.4. Yield and Atom Economy in Chemical Reactions

  • 4.5. Catalysts That Make Reactions Go

  • 4.6. Kinds of Chemical Reactions

  • 4.7. Oxidation-Reduction Reactions and Green Chemistry

  • 4.8. Quantitative Information from Chemical Reactions

  • 4.9. Stoichiometry By the Mole Ratio Method

  • 4.10. Limiting Reactant and Percent Yield

  • 4.11. Titrations: Measuring Moles By Volumes of Solution

  • 4.12. Industrial Chemical Reactions: The Solvay Process

    • Chapter 5. The Wonderful World Of Carbon: Organic Chemistry and Biochemicals



  • 5.1. Rings and Chains of Carbon Atoms

  • 5.2. Compounds of Carbon and Hydrogen: Hydrocarbons

  • 5.3. Lines Showing Organic Structural Formulas

  • 5.4. Functional Groups

  • 5.5. Giant Molecules from Small Organic Molecules

  • 5.6. Life Chemicals

  • 5.7. Carbohydrates

  • 5.8. Proteins

  • 5.9. Lipids: Fats, Oils, and Hormones

  • 5.10. Nucleic Acids

  • Chapter 6. Energy Relationships

  • 6.1. Energy

  • 6.2. Radiant Energy from the Sun

  • 6.3. Storage and Release of Energy By Chemicals

  • 6.4. Energy Sources

  • 6.5. Conversions Between Forms of Energy

  • 6.6. Green Engineering and Energy Conversion Efficiency

  • 6.7. Conversion of Chemical Energy

  • 6.8. Renewable Energy Sources

  • 6.9. Nuclear Energy: Will it Rise Again?

    • Chapter 7. Water, the Ultimate Green Solvent: Its Uses and Environmental Chemistry



  • 7.1. H 2 O: Simple Formula, Complex Molecule

  • 7.2. Important Properties of Water

  • 7.3. Water Distribution and Supply

  • 7.4. Bodies of Water and Life in Water

  • 7.5. Chemical Processes in Water

  • 7.6. Fizzy Water from Underground

  • 7.7. (Weak) Acid from the Sky

  • 7.8. Why Natural Waters Contain Alkalinity and Calcium

  • 7.9. Metals in Water

  • 7.10. Water Interactions with Other Phases

  • 7.11. Heavy Metal Water Pollutants

  • 7.12. Inorganic Water Pollutants

  • 7.13. Organic Water Pollutants

  • 7.14. Pesticides in Water

  • 7.15. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

  • 7.16. Radioactive Substances in Water

  • 7.17. Water Treatment

  • Chapter 8. Air and the Atmosphere

  • 8.1. More Than Just Air to Breathe

  • 8.2. Atmospheric Chemistry and Photochemical Reactions

  • 8.3. Energy and Mass Transfer in the Atmosphere

  • 8.4. Atmospheric Oxygen and Nitrogen

  • 8.5. Atmospheric Pollutant Particles

  • 8.6. Pollutant Gaseous Oxides

  • 8.7. Acid Rain

  • 8.8. Miscellaneous Gases in the Atmosphere

  • 8.9. CO 2 : The Ultimate Air Pollutant?

  • 8.10. Photochemical Smog

  • Chemistry Chapter 9. The Biosphere: How the Revolution in Biology Relates to Green

  • 9.1. Green Chemistry and the Biosphere

  • 9.2. Biology and the Biosphere

  • 9.3. Cells: Basic Units of Life

  • 9.4. Metabolism and Control in Organisms

  • 9.5. Reproduction and Inherited Traits

  • 9.6. Stability and Equilibrium of the Biosphere

  • 9.7. DNA and the Human Genome

  • 9.8. Genetic Engineering

  • 9.9. Biological Interaction With Environmental Chemicals

  • 9.10. Biodegradation

  • 9.11. The Anthrosphere in Support of the Biosphere

  • Revolution Chapter 10. The Geosphere, Soil, and Food Production: The Second Green

  • 10.1. The Solid Earth

  • 10.2. Environmental Hazards of the Geosphere

  • 10.3. Water in and on the Geosphere

  • 10.4. Anthrospheric Influences on the Geosphere

  • 10.5. The Geosphere as a Waste Repository

  • 10.6. Have You Thanked a Clod Today?

  • 10.7. Production of Food and Fiber on Soil — Agriculture

  • 10.8. Plant Nutrients and Fertilizers

  • 10.9. Pesticides and Agricultural Production

  • 10.10. Soil and Plants Related to Wastes And Pollutants

  • 10.11. Soil Loss — Desertification and Deforestation

  • 10.12. Agricultural Applications of Genetically Modified Organisms

  • Chapter 11. Toward a Greener Anthrosphere through Industrial Ecology

  • 11.1. Industrial Ecology and Industrial Ecosystems

  • 11.2. Metabolic Processes in Industrial Ecosystems

  • 11.3. Life Cycles in Industrial Ecosystems

  • 11.4. Kinds of Products

  • 11.5. Attributes Required by an Industrial Ecosystem

  • 11.6. Kalundborg

  • 11.7. Environmental Impacts of Industrial Ecosystems

  • 11.8. Green Chemistry in The Service of Industrial Ecosystems

  • 11.9. Feedstocks, Reagents, Media, and Catalysts

  • Materials Chapter 12. Feedstocks: Maximum Utilization of Renewable and Biological

  • 12.1. Sources of Feedstocks

  • 12.2. Utilization of Feedstocks

  • 12.3. Biological Feedstocks

  • 12.4. Fermentation and Plant Sources of Chemicals

  • 12.5. Glucose As Feedstock

  • 12.6. Cellulose

  • 12.7. Feedstocks from Cellulose Wastes

  • 12.9. Direct Biosynthesis of Polymers

  • 12.10. Bioconversion Processes for Synthetic Chemicals

  • Human Welfare Chapter 13 Terrorism, Toxicity, And Vulnerability: Chemistry in Defense of

  • 13.1. Vulnerability to Terrorist Attack

  • 13.2. Protecting the Anthrosphere

  • 13.3. Substances That Explode, Burn, or React Violently

  • 13.4. Toxic Substances and Toxicology

  • 13.5. Toxic Chemical Attack

  • 13.6. Protecting Water, Food, and Air

  • 13.7. Detecting Hazards

  • 13.8. Green Chemistry to Combat Terrorism

  • 13.9. Green Chemistry for Sustainable Prosperity and a Safer World

  • Chapter 14 The Ten Commandments of Sustainability

  • 14.1. We Cannot Go On Like This.

  • 14.2. The First Commandment.

  • 14.3. The Second Commandment.

  • 14.4. The Third Commandment.

  • 14.5. The Fourth Commandment.

  • 14.6. The Fifth Commandment.

  • 14.7. The Sixth Commandment.

  • 14.8. The Seventh Commandment.

  • 14.9. The Eighth Commandment.

  • 14.10. The Ninth Commandment.

  • 14.11. The Tenth Commandment.

  • Index

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