09-510 Introduction to Green Chemistry Units: 9.0 Department: Chemistry Prerequisites: 09-218 and 09-348 Cross-listed: 09-710 Related URLs: http://www.chem.cmu.edu/ The new field of Green chemistry focuses upon the reduction and elmination of hazards from chemical products and processes. Sustainabilty ethics will be introduced and discussed--these are central to all sustainabiity related education. The "principles of green chemistry" will be presented and analyzed. The chemical nature and action of certain pollutants of the atmosphere, land, and water, will be highlighted along with prospects for their minimization, and approaches for their eradication. Particular attention will be paid to sources of and potential replacements for persistent bioaccumulative pollutants. A historical and technical analysis of costs to society of hazards and bad management practices associated with the lead and chlorine industries will be presented in detail. The recently discovered mechanism of toxicity called "endocrine disruption" will be introduced and its vast implications for the design of chemical products and processes will be explored: a resulting concept is that chemists need to learn how to protect the health of babies in the design and development of chemical products and processes as a critical element of developing the technological dimension of a sustainable civilization. A new platform oxidation technology with potential to reduce toxic effluents in multiple industrial sectors will be examined by students in a laboratory setting: this technology has been invented at Carnegie Mellon. A significant effort has been made by the instructor to produce a course suitable for an interdisciplinary audience. This course is recommended for students in the junior and senior year. (Graduate Course: 12 units, 09-710)

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