Assessing environmental impact of magnesium production using Pidgeon process in China

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 749-754

  GAO, Feng ^a   NIE, Zuo ren ^a   WANG, Zhi hong ^a   GONG, Xian zheng ^a   ZUO, Tie yong ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

life cycle assessment; magnesium production; Pidgeon process

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; PRODUCTIVITY; TOXICITY;

ABIOTIC DEPLETION POTENTIAL (ADP); LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MAGNESIUM PRODUCTION; PIDGEON PROCESSES;

MAGNESIUM;

EID: 44649198006     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(08)60129-6     Document Type: Article

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