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Assessing mass intensity as a green chemistry metric: why expanding system boundaries is not enough

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This study investigates under which circumstances the common practice of using mass intensities as proxies for environmental impacts is suitable—and where it fails.

Source: Green Chemistry

DOI: 10.1039/d5gc02994e

Authors: Stefan Eichwald, Hesam Ostovari, Hannah Minten, Janine Meyer-Waßewitz, Dieter Förtsch, Niklas von der Assen

Institutions: RWTH Aachen University, Bayer (Germany)

Language: English

Topic: Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Subfield: Environmental Chemistry

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Climate action

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Bayer

OpenAlex ID: W4413097081

FWCI: 3.577

Cites: 33

Cited by: 12

Related to: 10