Life cycle assessment of Australian automotive door skins

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 420-428

  Puri, Prateek ^a   Compston, Paul ^a   Pantano, Victor ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acidification potential (AP); Aluminium; Automotive door skins; Composite material; Energy recovery. Global warming potential (GWP); Landfill; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Mechanical recycling; Ozone depletion potential (ODP)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; GLASS FIBER; HEAVY METAL; INORGANIC SALT; METAL DERIVATIVE; POLYPROPYLENE; STEEL;

ACIDIFICATION; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOTOXICITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOSSIL ENERGY; HUMAN; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; NONHUMAN; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOLID WASTE; STANDARDIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67650725790     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-009-0103-7     Document Type: Article

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