ACS Chem Trivia

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Across
  1. 3. Primary anthropogenic greenhouse gas (formula, not name).
  2. 4. Principle: design chemicals to break down into harmless products (three words).
  3. 6. Final “R” in the waste hierarchy slogan.
  4. 8. Reducing agenys or antioxidants common in grapes, tea, wine (plural).
  5. 11. Diesel cousin from kitchen grease and tallow, born via a catalyst.
  6. 12. Renewable fuel made from corn or sugarcane fermentation.
  7. 14. Green chemistry principle: choose safer ___ whenever possible.
  8. 16. Technology that uses light to degrade pollutants.
  9. 17. As a solvent, it appears beyond its critical point—name the molecule (formula).
  10. 19. Co-author of the 12 principles; Paul ___ set the tone for “benign by design.”
  11. 20. Solar, wind, hydro: classified as ___ energy.
  12. 22. Non-toxic solvent often called “universal solvent.”
  13. 23. Stack plume culprit behind acidified lakes (formula)
  14. 24. Lignin, husk, or straw residues serving as feedstock (one word).
Down
  1. 1. Strategy to trap CO₂ in geological reservoirs or biomass.
  2. 2. Plastic derived from renewable starch-based feedstocks.
  3. 5. Widely studied azo dye pollutant in wastewater (two words).
  4. 7. Parameter measured in LCA to assess carbon emissions (two words).
  5. 9. Green chemistry principle: efficiency measured by atom count (two words).
  6. 10. Process converting lignocellulosic material into fuels/chemicals (two words).
  7. 13. Cultivation system avoiding synthetic agrochemicals.
  8. 15. International UN goals addressing sustainability (abbrev.).
  9. 18. Landmark treaty that phased out CFCs (___ Protocol).
  10. 21. Toxic element once used in gasoline additives, now globally restricted.