A life cycle assessment of a magnesium automotive front end

TMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 179-184

  Das, Sujit ^a   Dubreuil, Alain ^b   Bushi, Lindita ^c   Tharumarajah, Ambalavanar ^d  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^c GreenhouseGasMeasurementcom   (Canada)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eenergy; Emissions; Life cycle; Magnesium

Indexed keywords

BASE LINE; CAST AND WROUGHT; COMPARATIVE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; CONSEQUENTIAL LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT; EENERGY; EMISSIONS; END-OF-LIFE; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; FRONT END; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; MAGNESIUM PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; MARKET TRENDS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS; TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT; VEHICLE OPERATIONS;

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 67449168388     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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