Topic:Green chemistry

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Welcome to the department of green chemistry!

Green chemistry is a philosophy encouraging the design of products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances. Whereas environmental chemistry is the chemistry of the natural environment, and of pollutant chemicals in nature, green chemistry seeks to reduce and prevent pollution at its source. In 1990 the Pollution Prevention Act was passed in the United States. This act helped create a modus operandi for dealing with pollution in an original and innovative way.

Green chemistry is a branch of chemistry interested in the innovation of chemical processes to reduce or eliminate the use and production of hazardous waste in chemical processes.

[edit] News

February 23, 2007 - Department founded.

[edit] Courses

Homogeneous Catalysis

[edit] Wikimedia

• w:Green chemistry
• w:Green computing
• w:Category:Green chemistry
• w:Green Chemistry (journal)
• w:Natural oil polyols
• w:Atom economy
• w:Atom efficiency
• w:Bio-based material
• w:Dry media reaction
• w:Lanthanide triflates
• w:Zein
• w:Bioplastic
• w:Polylactic acid
• w:Biodegradation

[edit] See also

• Green building
• Topic:Green economics
• Renewable energy
• Topic:Renewable energy
• Topic:Sustainable Urban Development
• Sustainable Design in Architecture
• School:Chemistry
• Sustainability

[edit] External links

American Chemical Society, Green Chemistry Institute, http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=greenchemistryinstitute%5Cindex.html

[edit] Happenings

• (June 2008) Chemists use 'green chemistry' to produce amines, chemical compounds used widely in industry
• February 23, 2007 - International Conference on Green Chemistry Tel Aviv University to be held in June 2007