
4. Glossary
Life Cycle Analysis (LCA); Analyse du cycle de vie (ACV)
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a method for evaluating the overall environmental impact of a product or transformation (process). LCA enables us to assess the environmental impact attributable to the production of a product throughout its life cycle (raw materials, transport, transformation, use, end-of-life, etc.).
Life Cycle Cost (LCC); Analyse du coût du cycle de vie (ACCV)
Product life-cycle costing is the total cost of a product throughout its life, "from cradle to grave".
CMR compound; carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction compound
The acronym CMR comes from the regulations on chemical risk prevention and characterizes a chemical substance which, in the medium or long term, can induce carcinogenic,...
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Websites
REACH : http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/reach/index_fr.htm
Solvent selection guides : http://www.acs.org/gcipharmaroundtable
Regulations
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (104 Stat. 2468, P.L. 101-549)
Directive no. 1999/13/EC of 11/03/99 on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain activities and installations.
Directive 2001/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the council of 23 October 2001 on national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric...
Patents
COMMEREUC (D.), FORESTIERE (A.), HUGUES (F.) and OLIVIER-BOURBIGOU (H.) – Sequence of Processes for Olefin Oligomerization or Dimerization or co-Dimerization. U.S. Pat. Appl. Publ, US 20020052537 A1 20020502 (2002).
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