green chemistry
Sign in to saveAlso known as sustainable chemistry, Green Chemistry Technology, green processes, green synthesis, circular chemistry
area of chemistry and chemical engineering focused on minimizing hazardous substances
Research
146,629 papers- Green Chemistry and Molecularly Imprinted Membranes.Membranes · 2022
- Advances in green chemistry and engineering.Scientific reports · 2024
- Teaching Green Chemistry and Engineering through the Epoxidation of Poly-β-myrcene.ChemPlusChem · 2024
- Green Chemistry to Valorize Seafood Side Streams: An Ecofriendly Roadmap toward Sustainability.Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2023
- Green chemistry.Beilstein journal of organic chemistry · 2016
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemistry
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- topic's main category
- Category:Green chemistry
- facet of
- environmentalism
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Encyclopedic overview
Green chemistry, similar to sustainable chemistry or circular chemistry, is an area of chemistry and chemical engineering focused on the design of products and processes that minimize or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances. While environmental chemistry focuses on the effects of polluting chemicals on nature, green chemistry focuses on the environmental impact of chemistry, including lowering consumption of nonrenewable resources and technological approaches for preventing pollution.
The overarching goals of green chemistry—namely, more resource-efficient and inherently safer design of molecules, materials, products, and processes—can be pursued in a wide range of contexts.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “green chemistry” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.