Developing Students’ Understanding of Industrially Relevant Economic and Life Cycle Assessments

• Claudia J. Bode ^[1] ; Clint Chapman ^[2] ; Atherly Pennybaker ^[3] ; Bala Subramaniam ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Kansas

     University of Kansas

     City of Lawrence, Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] Baker University

     Baker University

     Township of Palmyra, Estados Unidos

     
  3. [3] Colorado State University

     Colorado State University

     Estados Unidos

     

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• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 94, Nº 11, 2017, págs. 1798-1801
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Training future leaders to understand life cycle assessment data is critical for effective research, business, and sociopolitical decision-making. However, the technical nature of these life cycle reports often makes them challenging for students and other nonexperts to comprehend. Therefore, we outline here the key takeaways from recent economic and life cycle assessments for three major commodity chemicals—ethylene, ethylene oxide, and terephthalic acid—that are precursors for plastics, synthetic fibers, and many other consumer products. The five lessons and 10 discussion prompts (provided in the Supporting Information) serve as useful teaching tools for introductory chemistry and chemical engineering courses.