5.5: Connection to Planetary Boundaries
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The boundary that the study would focus on the most would be Chemical pollution and the release of novel entities. The study was based on trying to find if catalytic hydrogenation process have advantages over a stoichiometric hydrogenation reaction. With catalytic hydrogenation being the more environmentally friendly option when trying to add hydrogen to a double bond. So it was the goal of the research to find better less pollutive metals and compounds in which can under go the hydrogenation. With the goal of the Chemical pollution and the release of novel entities being to “[reduce] emissions of toxic compounds such as synthetic organic pollutants and radioactive materials, but also genetically modified organisms, nanomaterials, and micro-plastics” their goal follows this mind set.
References
The Anthropocene: Novel entities. https://www.anthropocene.info/pb2.ph...cro%2Dplastics. (accessed May 3, 2021).
Dwivedi, A. D.; Rai, R. K.; Gupta, K.; Singh, S. K. Catalytic Hydrogenation of Arenes in Water Over In Situ Generated Ruthenium Nanoparticles Immobilized on Carbon. https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibra...cctc.201700056 (accessed Apr 10, 2021).
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