Long-term strategies for increased recycling of automotive aluminum and its alloying elements

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4257-4265

  Løvik, Amund N ^a   Modaresi, Roja ^a   Müller, Daniel B ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING; ALLOYING ELEMENTS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; RECYCLING; SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING; VEHICLES;

AUTOMOTIVE ALUMINUM; END OF LIFE MANAGEMENTS; END-OF-LIFE VEHICLES; RELEVANT COMPONENTS; SECONDARY ALUMINUM INDUSTRY; SECONDARY MATERIALS; SUBSTANCE FLOW ANALYSIS; VEHICLE COMPONENTS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

ALLOY; ALUMINUM; MAGNESIUM;

ALLOY; ALUMINUM; MAGNESIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECYCLING; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ALUMINUM FACTORY; ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; RECYCLING; TERMINAL CARE;

ALLOYS; ALUMINUM; AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RECYCLING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84898916979     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es405604g     Document Type: Article

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