CHEM 2BC3 - Making Chemistry More Sustainable

3 unit(s)

The 12 principles of Green Chemistry provide strategies for chemists and those who use chemicals to reduce their impact on the planet. Students will develop approaches to scientific problems that take sustainability into account at the conception of all new chemical syntheses and processes -‘benign by design’.
Three hours (lectures and tutorial); one term
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1A03 or 1E03 and CHEM 1AA3; or ISCI 1A24
Antirequisite(s): CHEM 2SC3
The lectures of this course are combined with CHEM 2SC3.