Chemical Metrics for sustainable use of materials

Authors

  • Zeanut Akoijam

Abstract

A number of metrics have been used to drive business, government and many goods communities. Here, a few metrics for chemical industry have been mentioned. The use of chemical metrics is an ideal approach to design methods of chemical synthesis in order to use the resources in a sustainable manner. Keywords: chemical industry, chemical synthesis, E factor, effective mass yield, metrics

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Published

2020-05-28

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2016)

Section

Articles