The Environment:

Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century

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Size: 190 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:2003

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Organizing Committee for the Workshop on the Environment, Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century, National Research Council
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The report assesses the current state of chemistry and chemical engineering at the interface with environmental science, examines its interactions with related areas of science and technology, and identifies challenges and opportunities for research. The report also identifies important contributions ...
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Front Matter	i-xii
Executive Summary	1-6	(skim)
1 Introduction	7-9	(skim)
2 Successes and Discoveries in Environmental Chemical Science	10-21	(skim)
3 Challenges in Environmental Chemical Science	22-49	(skim)
4 Conclusions and Key Opportunities	50-54	(skim)
Appendix A: Statement of Task	55-57	(skim)
Appendix B: Biographies of the Organizing Committee Members	58-61	(skim)
Appendix C: Workshop Agenda	62-65	(skim)
Appendix D: Workshop Presentations	66-148	(skim)
Appendix E: Biographies of Workshop Speakers	149-154	(skim)
Appendix F: Workshop Participants	155-157	(skim)
Appendix G: Reports from Breakout Session Groups	158-175	(skim)
Appendix H: List of Acronyms	176-178	(skim)

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The report assesses the current state of chemistry and chemical engineering at the interface with environmental science, examines its interactions with related areas of science and technology, and identifies challenges and opportunities for research. The report also identifies important contributions that have been made by the chemical sciences toward solving environmental problems, and emphasizes the opportunities for chemists and chemical engineers to make future contributions toward understanding and improving the environment.

The Environment:

Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century

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