Sustainability in the chemical industry grand challenges and research needs : a workshop report /

Sustainability in the chemical industry grand challenges and research needs : a workshop report / [electronic resource] : Committee on Grand Challenges for Sustainability in the Chemical Industry, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Division on Earth and Life Sciences. - Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 2006. - x, 194 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Enabling science and technology that drives the application of sustainable chemistry -- New chemistries and processes that lead to commercially viable alternative feedstocks to fossil fuels -- Addressing the energy intensity of the chemical and allied process industry -- Sustainability science literacy and education that enables the adoption of more sustainable practices in the chemical industry -- Conclusions and recommendations.


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Chemistry--Research.
Environmental chemistry.
Chemical industry--Environmental aspects.


Electronic books.

TP155.2.E58 / S87 2006