Life cycle assessment of a transmission case: Magnesium vs. Aluminum

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Reppe, Peter ^a   Keoleian, Gregory ^a   Messick, Rebecca ^b   Costic, Mia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FUEL ECONOMY; MAGNESIUM;

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; COST ASSESSMENT; END OF LIFE MANAGEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; INVENTORY MODELING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE INVENTORIES; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 85072471874     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/980470     Document Type: Conference Paper

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