Role of the Chemical Sciences in Finding Alternatives to Critical Resources: A Workshop Summary.

摘要

Widespread concern over the future availability of critical elements led the Chemical Sciences Roundtable to hold a workshop on September 29-30, 2011, in Washington, D.C., on the role of the chemical sciences in finding alternatives to critical resources. Key topics addressed during the workshop included (1) the economic and political matrix for addressing the issue, (2) the history of societal responses to key mineral and material shortages, (3) the applications for and properties of existing minerals and materials, and (4) the chemistry of possible replacements.