Handbook of GREEN CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY
JAMES CLARK | 2002-01-01 00:00:00 | | 562 | Chemistry
The chemical industry is arguably the most successful
and diverse sector of the manufacturing industry.
Chemical products go into pharmaceuticals and
healthcare, agriculture and food, clothing and cleaning,
electronics, transport and aerospace.
While the nineteenth century saw the emergence
of chemistry as the ‘central discipline’ linking to
physics, biology, medicine and materials, the twentieth
century witnessed the rapid growth of the
chemical and allied industries with virtually all the
strongest economies incorporating chemical manufacturing.
Indeed the industry became a major if
not the major source of exports in many of the
most powerful nations. What does the twentyfirst
century offer for chemistry and chemical
manufacturing?
As I state in my opening to Chapter 1, chemistry
is having a difficult time. On the one hand the
demand for chemical products is higher than ever
and can be expected to grow at >5% per annum with
the emergence of the super-states in the East with
their enormous populations seeking, quite reasonably,
to match the standards of healthcare, housing
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