U.S. energy requirements for aluminum production: Historical perspective, theoretical limits and new opportunities

TMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 99-113

  Choate, William T ^a   Green, John A S ^b  

^a BCS Incorporated   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PRODUCTIVITY; RECYCLING;

ALUMINUM INDUSTRY;

ALUMINUM PLANTS;

EID: 0038724685     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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