Greenness evaluation metric for analytical methods and software

The focus of green analytical chemistry (GAC) is to minimize the negative impacts of analytical procedures on human safety, human health, and the environment. Several factors, such as the reagents used, sample collection, sample processing, instruments, energy consumed, and the quantities of hazardous materials and waste generated during analytical procedures, need to be considered in the evaluation of the greenness of analytical assays. In this study, we propose a greenness evaluation metric for analytical methods (GEMAM). The new greenness metric is simple, flexible, and comprehensive. The evaluation criteria are based on both the 12 principles of GAC (SIGNIFICANCE) and the 10 factors of sample preparation,…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: 81703607, 81603182
• DU
  Dalian University of Technology

  Award: 2024-ZLKF-33
• NS
  Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province

  Award: 2023-MSBA-018
• FR
  Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

  Awards: DUT21RC, DUT21RC(3)057, DUT23YG228, DUT24MS018, DUT23YG226