Green Chemistry

Green chemistry aims to?

• Design chemical products and process that maximize profits

• Design safer chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardoussubstances

• Design chemical products andprocesses that work most efficiently

• Utilize non-renewable energy

Which of the following are among the12 Principles of Green Chemistry?

• Design commercially viable products

• Use only new solvents

• Use catalysts, not stoichiometricreagents

• Re-use waste

Green chemists reduce risk by?

• Reducing the hazard inherent in achemical product or process

• Minimizing the use of all chemicals

• Inventing technologies that will cleanup toxic sites

• Developing recycled products

The first listed of the 12 Principles ofGreen Chemistry is?

• Prevent Waste

• Catalysis

• Atom Economy

• Benign Solvents

Which of the following is thegreenest solvent?

• Formaldehyde

• Benzene

• Ethanol

• Water

Benzene, a _______ substance, is animportant industrial solvent used inthe production of pharmaceuticals plastics, and dyes?

• Odorless

• Non-flammable

• Biodegradable

• Carcinogenic

________ is an excellent ‘green’solvent as well as a greenhouse gas?

• Methanol

• CFCs

• Carbon monoxide

• Carbon Dioxide

Green chemistry can provide greentechnology solutions for asustainable future?

• True

• False

Biodiesel is an example of which ofthe 12 Principles of GreenChemistry?

• #1 – Waste prevention

• #7 – Use of renewable feedstocks

• #9 – Use of catalysis

• #5 – Safer solvents