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Choose the principle of green chemistry which states that raw materials or starting materials should be replenishable rather than depleting wherever technically and economically practicable.

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Choose the principle of green chemistry which states that raw materials or starting materials should be replenishable rather than depleting wherever technically and economically practicable.
  1. Use of renewable feedstock
  2. Designing safer chemicals
  3. Atom economy
  4. Inherently safer chemistry for prevention of accident

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: A - Use of renewable feedstock
Principle 7 of green chemistry, "Use of renewable feedstocks", states that raw materials should be renewable rather than depleting where practicable. Atom economy concerns how many reactant atoms end up in the product and designing safer chemicals concerns product toxicity; neither is about the source of raw materials.

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