Criticality of Seven Specialty Metals

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 837-853

  Panousi, Stefania ^a   Harper, E M ^b   Nuss, Philip ^a   Eckelman, Matthew J ^c   Hakimian, Ali ^c   Graedel, T E ^b  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antimony; barium; bismuth; mercury; scandium; strontium; thallium

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; BARIUM; BISMUTH; CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); MERCURY (METAL); METALS; STRONTIUM; THALLIUM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; MERCURIES (HG); NATIONAL LEVEL; SPARSE DATA; SPECIALTY METALS; SUPPLY RISK; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES;

SCANDIUM;

ANTIMONY; BARIUM; BISMUTH; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SCANDIUM; STRONTIUM; THALLIUM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOXICITY; TRANSPARENCY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921720510     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12295     Document Type: Article

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