There are many web sites and considerable information on the topic of "green chemistry" but a sub-discipline, "green analytical methodology" is relatively new and thus there is not as much information available on it. ECSEI received a grant from the ChemRAWN XIV- ACS Green Chemistry Instiute International Green Chemistry Grants Program to develop a curriculum on green analytical methodology that could be used by developing / emerging nations. However, please note that the attached curriculum can also be used just as well by developed countries.
The curriculum format is PowerPoint slides with extensive information in the associated notes section of each slide. To open or download and save the Green Analytical Methodology Curriculum click here. The curriculum content has five main sections to train educators and students in green analytical methodology. The main sections include:
- Green Chemistry Background,
- Introduction to Green Analytical Methodology,
- Where to Find Green Analytical Methods,
- Examples of Green Analytical Methods, and
- Live Real-time Green Analytical Methods Using the Internet
Green chemistry background material includes information on what green chemistry is and what it means plus advantages of using green chemistry. It also provides sources of green chemistry examples with links to useful web sites.
The introduction to the green analytical methodology section provides a definition of green analytical methodology and a brief discussion of what makes a method green. As with the first section, it also includes advantages of using green analytical methods.
The third section covers where to find green analytical methods and includes an in-depth discussion of the National Environmental Methods Index (NEMI), a database of environmental methods that now includes a “greenness” profile for many methods in it.
The fourth section includes other sources of green analytical methods information. Currently, there are not very many other sources of green analytical methodology but with help from this curriculum we hope that this deficiency will change for the better in the future.
The principles of searching and applying green analytical methodology in a laboratory are demonstrated in the final section using the National Environmental Methods Index (NEMI). The example uses a search for green analytical methods for phosphate in water – a typical and frequent analyte involved in water pollution studies.
