Biomedical Engineering Reference
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TABLE 11.1
Overview of LCA Studies Dedicated to Nano-Based Products a
LC Stages Included c
'Impact' Assessment Coverage d
Application/Product
Category b
Nontoxic
Impacts e
Toxic
Impacts e
NP-Specific
Toxicityf f
Nanomaterials
RM
P
U
D
Energy
References
Carbon
nanoibers
NA (production)
x
x
-
-
-
+++
+++
-
Khanna et al. 14
x
x
Carbon
nanoibers
Polymer composites used in
automotive body panel
-
-
+++
-
-
-
Khanna et al. 15
Carbon
nanoibers
Glass fibre/epoxy composite
used in wind turbine blades
x
x
(x)
-
+++
-
-
-
Merugula et al. 16
Carbon
nanoibers g
Polymer composites used in
automotive body panel
x
x
x
(x)
+++
-
-
-
Dhingra et al. 27
Carbon
nanotubes
Field Emissions Display
screen
x
x
x
x
+++
+++
-
-
Bauer et al. 28
Carbon
nanotubes
NA (production via CVD,
HiPCO, Arc Ablation)
x
x
-
-
-
-
+
(FE)
+++
Eckelman et al. 29
Carbon
nanotubes
Styrene production
x
x
-
-
+++
-
-
-
Steinfeldt et al., 30
von Gleich et al. 31
x
x
x
Carbon
nanotubes
Field Emissions Display
screen
-
+++
-
-
-
Steinfeldt et al., 30
von Gleich et al. 31
Carbon
nanotubes
NA (production)
x
x
-
-
+++
-
-
-
Kushnir et al. 19
Carbon
nanotubes
NA (production)
x
x
-
-
-
+++
+++
-
Singh et al. 32
 
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