A comparative life cycle assessment of a composite component for automotive

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 1723-1728

  La Rosa, Angela D ^a   Cozzo, Giulia ^a   Latteri, Alberta ^a   Mancini, Giuseppe ^a   Recca, Antonino ^a   Cicala, Gianluca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; BRICKMAKING; CEMENTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EPOXY RESINS; MANUFACTURE; RECYCLING; THERMOSETS;

CEMENT MANUFACTURING; COMPARATIVE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; COMPOSITE COMPONENTS; IMPACT EVALUATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MINERAL COMPOSITION; RECYCLED COMPOSITES; THERMOSET COMPOSITES;

LIFE CYCLE;

AUTOMOBILES; E I S; HEMP; LIFE CYCLE; POLYEPOXIDES; RECYCLING; SILICA; THERMOSETS;

EID: 84879210532     PISSN: 22839216     EISSN: 22839216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3303/CET1332288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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