Screen LibraryMaterials for a sustainable future
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| Group Author: | ; ; |
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| Published: |
RSC Pub.,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK |
| Publication Dates: | c2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xxxvi, 791 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781849734073 (hbk.) 1849734070 |
| Index Number: | TB30 |
| CLC: |
TB30-05 X384 |
| Call Number: | TB30-05/M425 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- I. Elements that could be soon in short supply -- Base metals / Gavin M. Mudd, Zhehan Weng -- Rare earths / Gareth P. Hatch -- Gold / Julie L. Stacey -- Platinum group metals / Gavin M. Mudd -- Helium / Trevor M. Letcher -- Phosphorus / Tina-Simone S. Neset -- Uranium / Gavin M. Mudd -- II. Sustainability related to biomass -- Aquatic biomass for the production of fuels and chemicals / Andela Dibenedetto, Antonella Colucci -- Chemicals from sugarcane / Fernando Galembeck, Gabriela Alves Macedo, Yara Csordas -- Chamicals from biomass / Janet L. Scott, Gianfranco Unali -- III. Sustainability related to Feedstocks - CH ́and CO ́-- Methane for transportation fuel and chemical production / Arno de Klerk, Vinay Prasad -- Carbon capture: materials and process engineering / Nick H. Florin [et al.] -- Carbon dioxide utilisation in the production of chemicals, fuels and materials / Michele Aresta, Paolo Stufano -- Carbon dioxide in the manufacture of plastics / Matthew D. Jones -- Carbon dioxide as a sustainable industrial solvent to replace organic solvents / Steven M. Howdle [et al.] -- IV. Materials related to energy conversion, storage and distribution -- Battery and fuel cell materials / Justin Salminen, Tanja Kallio -- Materials for photovoltaics / Ian Forbes, Laurence M. Peter -- Materials for water splitting / Mark D. Symes, Leroy Cronin -- V. Sustainability related to materials in the urban environment and to water -- Materials used in membranes for water purification and recycling / Xiaoying Zhu, Kin-Ho Wee, Renbi Bai -- Glass and new technologies / Andreas Kafizas, Ivan P. Parkin -- Sustainable materials in building and architecture / Llewellyn Van Wyk, Joe Mapiravana, Naa Lamkai Ampofo-Anti -- Biomass in composite materials / Marianne Labet [et al.]. |