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Green Chemistry Demonstration Lecture

1. Contact details

Organisation University of Leicester
Name Prof. Andrew Abbott
Address (1) University of Leicester
Address (2) Chemistry Department
City Leicester
Zip Code LE1 7RH
Country United Kingdom
Telephone +44 (0) 116 252 2087
E-mail Apa1@le.ac.uk
Web address http://www.le.ac.uk/ch/staff/apa1.html

2. Details of activity

Status Current activity
Title of project/activity Green Chemistry Demonstration Lecture
Target audience

Secondary Schools Age 17-18

Numbers reached

ca. 2000

Brief synopsis of activity

Schools lecture relating the use of clean solvents to various industrial processes.

Detailed description

Schools lecture relating the use of clean solvents to various industrial processes. Demonstration lecture which uses supercritical fluids and ionic liquids to demonstrate aspects of the UK A2 (17-18) syllabus.

Open to collaboration Yes

3. Future Collaborations

Areas of interest

This lecture could be used as part of a Green Chemistry Day for Schools.