Combining life cycle assessment and qualitative risk assessment: The case study of alumina nanofluid production

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 496, Issue , 2014, Pages 122-131

  Barberio, Grazia ^a   Scalbi, Simona ^a   Buttol, Patrizia ^a   Masoni, Paolo ^a   Righi, Serena ^b  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment (LCA); Nanoalumina; Nanofluids; Nanomaterials; Qualitative risk assessment (RA)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PILOT PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); NANO-ALUMINA; NANOFLUIDS; QUALITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARCINOGEN; NANOFLUID; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPOWDER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; IONIZING RADIATION; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NANOFABRICATION; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTOOXIDATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84904727258     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.135     Document Type: Article

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