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Illman, D. Environmentally Benign Chemistry Aims for Processes That Don t Pollute, Chemical and Engineering News, Sept. 5, 1994,... 

Ritter, J. A., D. H. Stedman, and T. J. Kelly, Ground-Level Measurements of Nitric Oxide, Nitrogen Dioxide and Ozone in Rural Air, in Nitrogenous Air Pollutants Chemical and Biological Implications, pp. 325-343, Ann Arbor Science Publishers, Ann Arbor, MI., (1979). 

Membranes such as Gore-Tex make useful filtration media, also. The tiny openings can be.engineered to trap particles of various sizes, air pollutants, chemicals, and bacteria. 

Both chemicals - the cheaper, polluting chemical and the more... 

Both chemicals - the cheaper, polluting chemical and the more expensive, cleaner backstop - are used in the steady state. Steady-state use of the two chemicals is denoted x and y, both of which are greater than zero. The steady-state stock of the resource S >S. (In fact, 4 = Xi" and Sf = s .)... 

LR-NMR is the most commonly used NMR technique to date for quality control in food science and industry, with several official quality control methods in force. The success of the technique is due to several factors, including the power of the method (in terms of information and speed), the early application of the method to foodstuffs, the ecological appeal (no longer needing polluting chemicals), and the relatively low cost of the equipment, making it a very attractive alternative to the tedious wet chemical methods. 

In contrast to exterior surfaces, the interior plastic surfaces of most vehicles are pigmented rather than coated. The primary reason is that consumers prefer low-gloss, nonglare surfaces that blend harmoniously with interior fabrics and leather. Some plastics used on interior vehicle surfaces are coated to impart special characteristics, such as a soft touch and feel on control knobs antiglare and mar resistance on instrument panel top surfaces and soil and stain resistance for cushioned steering wheel covers. Another reason why interior plastic surfaces are rarely coated is because the potential of exposure to visible or UV radiation, environmental pollutants, chemicals, and mechanical insults is significantly less than for exterior surfaces. 

Even ia 1960 a catalytic route was considered the answer to the pollution problem and the by-product sulfate, but nearly ten years elapsed before a process was developed that could be used commercially. Some of the eadier attempts iacluded hydrolysis of acrylonitrile on a sulfonic acid ion-exchange resia (69). Manganese dioxide showed some catalytic activity (70), and copper ions present ia two different valence states were described as catalyticaHy active (71), but copper metal by itself was not active. A variety of catalysts, such as Umshibara or I Jllmann copper and nickel, were used for the hydrolysis of aromatic nitriles, but aUphatic nitriles did not react usiag these catalysts (72). Beginning ia 1971 a series of patents were issued to The Dow Chemical Company (73) describiag the use of copper metal catalysis. Full-scale production was achieved the same year. A solution of acrylonitrile ia water was passed over a fixed bed of copper catalyst at 85°C, which produced a solution of acrylamide ia water with very high conversions and selectivities to acrylamide. 

The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments Hst 189 hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) that the EPA must regulate to enforce maximum achievable control technology (MACT) to standards which are to be set by the year 2000. The 33/50 project calls for reduction of emissions of 17 specified solvents to predetermined levels by 1995. The SARA statute provides a mechanism by which the community can be informed of the existence, quantities, and releases of toxic chemicals, and requires that anyone releasing specific toxic chemicals above a threshold level to annually submit a toxic chemical release form to the EPA. The status of various ketones under these regulations is shown in Table 4. 

Hazardous Air Pollutants. Tide 3 of the CAAA of 1990 addresses the release of hazardous air poUutants (HAPs) by requiring both the identification of major stationary sources and area source categories for 189 toxic chemicals and the promulgation of control standards. Major sources of air toxics, also referred to as HAPs, include any stationary source or group of sources emitting 10 or more tons/yr of any single Hsted toxic chemical or 25 tons/yr of a combination of any Hsted toxic. Area sources of HAPs include smaller plants that emit less than the 10 or 20 tons/yr thresholds. The major sources of HAPs are typically industrial faciHties. However, Tide 3 requites the EPA to study potential health affects associated with emissions of HAPs from electric UtiHty boilers (11). 

The prime installation method is mechanically fastened but fully adhered and ballasted appHcations can also be used. CSPE exhibits strong resistance not only to weathering but also to a broad range of chemicals and pollutants it is also inherently ozone-resistant. It can be produced in many colors and the sheet widths are typically 5—6.5 ft (1.5—1.65 m). The physical characteristics of a CSPE sheet have been described (17) (see Elastomers, SYNTHETIC-Cm OROSULFONATED POLYETHYLENE). 

The volume of the freshwater amounts to only one-thirtieth of the 1.25 x 10 km (300 x 10 mi ) of the water ia salty oceans. Approximately one-third of the freshwater exists permanently as snow and ice (3). A large portion of the remaining freshwater has infiltrated too far underground or is partially polluted with minerals and chemicals and therefore is not readily usable. The entire life system on the earth depends on the remaining freshwater sources therefore, it is essential to protect the quaUty of the available waters. 

In-Plant Waste Control. Pollution can be reduced or eliminated by process modification, chemical and raw materials substitution, or recovery of by-products. In addition, process modification generally increases product yield by incorporating control devices. 

Atmospheric pollutants released by combustion of fossil fuels fall into two main categories those emitted direcdy into the atmosphere as a result of combustion and the secondary pollutants that arise from the chemical and photochemical reactions of the primary pollutants (see Airpollution). 

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