Building the Material Flow Networks of Aluminum in the 2007 U.S. Economy

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 3905-3912

  Chen, Wei Qiang ^a,b   Graedel, T E ^a   Nuss, Philip ^a,d   Ohno, Hajime ^a,c  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; MANUFACTURE; METALS;

ANTHROPOGENIC METALS; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; INPUT-OUTPUT TABLE; MANUFACTURING STAGES; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; MATERIAL FLOW NETWORKS; STOCKS AND FLOWS;

LIFE CYCLE;

ALUMINUM;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALUMINUM; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; DEMAND ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURING; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; METAL RECOVERY; MOTOR VEHICLE; RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES; CAR; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS;

UNITED STATES;

ALUMINUM; AUTOMOBILES; COMMERCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84964339337     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05095     Document Type: Article

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