Green Industrial Applications of Ionic Liquids (NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry) [Hardcover]

Robin D. Rogers (Editor), Kenneth Richard Seddon (Editor), Sergei Volkov (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2003 | Series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry (Book 92)

This book is entirely devoted to research in the area of ionic liquids, which are salts with melting points below 100°C. It explores the promise of ionic liquids and sets the research agenda for the field. With a distinct bias towards actual industrial R&D applications, the book is virtually a manifesto for the new age of Green Chemistry. The major industrial challenges to sustainability - the book's leitmotiv - are: reducing water use; increasing energy efficiency; reducing reliance of fossil fuel feedstocks; increasing use of renewables; including sustainability as a major economic criterion. Thereafter, the book goes on to consider precisely where ionic liquids can help in achieving this new vision, via new techniques, new processes, new reactions. The Safety/Health/Environment properties of the ionic liquids are also considered. Finally, it is clear that there needs to be a major increase in the number of workers studying ionic liquids if this promise of a new Green Chemistry is to be achieved.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 580 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (January 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1402011369
• ISBN-13: 978-1402011368
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,735,961 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)