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Alternative solvents for green chemistry /

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Everyone is becoming more environmentally conscious and therefore, chemical processes are being developed with their environmental burden in mind. This also means that more traditional chemical methods are being replaced with new innovations and this includes new solvents. Solvents are everywhere, b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kerton, Francesca M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : RSC Publishing, [2009]
Series:RSC green chemistry series.
Subjects:
Solvents > Environmental aspects.
Solvents.
SCIENCE > Chemistry > Physical & Theoretical.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • "Solvent free" chemistry
  • Water
  • Supercritical fluids
  • Renewable solvents
  • Room temperature ionic liquids and eutectic mixtures
  • Fluorous solvents and related systems
  • Liquid polymers
  • Tunable and switchable solvent systems
  • Industrial case studies.