A comparative life cycle assessment of magnesium front end autoparts

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Dubreuil, Alain ^a   Bushi, Lindita ^b   Das, Sujit ^c   Tharumarajah, Ambalavanar ^d   Gong, Xianzheng ^e  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^b GreenhouseGasMeasurementcom   (Canada)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; AUTOMOBILES; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECODESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MAGNESIUM; MATERIALS HANDLING; RECYCLING; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; COMPARATIVE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 85072362538     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2010-01-0275     Document Type: Conference Paper

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