Ecological Chemistry and Human Civilization

Author: Feng Huixia Wang Yi
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Publishing Date: 2005-03-01
Features: Introduction Ecochemical engineering is one of the hot topics of attention and research for governments, the business community, and academia in various countries in the 21st century. This book takes the research fields involved in ecochemistry as the main thread, with the ecology of chemistry and human health as well as related industries at the center, scientifically elaborating on a culture that promotes the sustainable development of human society—ecochemistry. The book is divided into 13 chapters, mainly including the principles of green chemistry, research fields of ecochemistry, and green ecological chemicals, and reviews important research progress in green ecological chemicals. The content of the book is rich yet not overly complex or theoretical, aiming to provide an in-depth yet accessible explanation of green ecochemistry, a current hot topic and frontier in chemical research, in a popular and vivid language. It is highly scientific, systematic, informative, readable, and practical. It is suitable for a wide range of science and technology workers and chemistry enthusiasts in fields such as chemistry, chemical engineering, the petroleum industry, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and environmental protection, as well as leaders in government departments and management personnel in enterprises and institutions. It can also serve as a textbook for relevant elective courses offered in liberal arts and science/engineering disciplines at universities.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Chemistry and Social Progress
Section 1 The Development of Chemistry and Its Relationship with Nature and Humanity
Section 2 Sustainable Development and Ecological and Environmental Crisis
Section 3 Ecochemistry and Human Civilization
Chapter 2 Research Fields and Content of Ecochemistry
Section 1 The Development of Ecochemistry
Section 2 Research Fields and Content of Ecochemistry
Section 3 The Distinction Between Ecochemistry and Traditional Chemistry
Chapter 3 Basic Principles of Green Chemistry
Section 1 Greenening of Raw Materials in Green Chemical Reactions
Section 2 Greening of Chemical Reaction Processes
Section 3 Research Directions of Green Chemistry
Chapter 4 Eco-Design of Green Chemicals
Section 1 Design Principles of Ecochemicals
Section 2 Design Methods of Ecochemicals
Section 3 Evaluation of Ecochemicals
Chapter 5 Water Environment Protection and Water Treatment Agents
Section 1 The Shadow of Depletion—Water Resource Shortage and Pollution
Section 2 Application of Water Treatment Agents and Their Environmental Impact
Section 3 Green Corrosion Inhibition and Scale Inhibition Agents
Section 4 Green Flocculants
Chapter 6 Clean Energy
Section 1 Energy—the Cornerstone of Human Social Progress
Section 2 Renewable Green Energy
Section 3 Solar Energy from the Sky
Section 4 Blue Energy—Ocean Energy
Section 5 Application of Other Green Energies
Chapter 7 Green Ecological Pesticides
Section 1 The Guardian of Agriculture—The Development of Pesticides
Section 2 The Pros and Cons of Pesticides
Section 3 The Emergence of Green Ecological Pesticides
Section 4 Types and Characteristics of Green Ecological Pesticides
Chapter 8 Green Fertilizers
Section 1 The Role and Harm of Fertilizers
Section 2 Characteristics of Green Fertilizers and Their Development Status at Home and Abroad
Section 3 Several Typical Green Fertilizers
Section 4 Prospects for Green Fertilizers
Chapter 9 Ecological Materials
Section 1 Ecological Materials as a Product of the Sustainable Development Strategy
Section 2 Green Synthesis Processes of Ecological Materials
Section 3 Ecologicalization of Metal Materials
Section 4 Ecologicalization of Inorganic Non-metallic Materials
Section 5 New Types of Ecological Inorganic Non-metallic Materials
Chapter 10 Ecologicalization of Polymer Materials
Section 1 Environmental Problems of Polymer Materials
Section 2 Ecological Characteristics of Polymer Environmental Materials
Section 3 New Types of Ecological Polymer Materials—Degradable Polymers
Chapter 11 Green Food Additives and Future Foods
Section 1 Food Pollution
Section 2 Food "Cosmetics"—Food Additives
Section 3 Green Food Additives
Section 4 Imaginative Future Foods
Chapter 12 Daily Chemicals and Future Life
Section 1 Safety and Toxicity of Cosmetics
Section 2 Future Cosmetics
Section 3 Safety and Toxicity of Synthetic Detergents
Section 4 Future Detergents
Chapter 13 Pharmaceutical Chemicals and Human Health
Section 1 The Relationship Between Humans and Medicine
Section 2 Rational Drug Use and Health
Section 3 New Drugs
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