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    Recycling Of Al-MMC In Ionic Liquids At Low Temperature

    By V. Kamavaram

    Keywords: Recycling, Aluminum Metal Matrix Composite, Ionic Liquids, BMIC Recycling of aluminum metal matrix composites (MMC) via electrolysis in ionic liquids at near room temperature was investig

    Jan 1, 2005

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    The Challenge of Allocation in LCA: The Case of Open-Loop Recycling

    By Elsa Olivetti

    Life cycle assessment (LCA) is used increasingly as a tool to provide quantitative metrics of environmental impact and inform early stage materials selection decisions. One common challenge in LCA ste

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Motivating Sustainable Material Use through Industry-Level Simulation Modeling of Platinum Stocks and Flows

    By Elisa Alonso

    Manufacturing firms that rely on finite resources have a stake in ensuring sustainable materials use. Higher material prices and uncertain material supply, consequences associated with scarcity, can b

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Extraction of Copper from Sulfate Leach Solution Containing Minor Metallic Constituents in Mixer Settler Unit

    By Vinay Kumar

    The present investigation describes R & D studies carried out for recovery of copper from the sulfate solution expected from the leaching of e-wastes in presence of minor constituents such as cadmium,

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Characterization Of A Ceramic Foam

    By Sergio Neves Monteiro

    In the present work, a ceramic foam elaborated with illitic clays was characterized. Properties related to density and compression strength were determined in samples fired at 1300oC, a temperature th

    Jan 1, 2006

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    A Collaborative Tool for Waste Management in the Industry

    By M. S. Borges

    The need for the waste management industry to reach environmental patterns, technological innovation, and a technological demand of the productive sector is covered by this study. The environmental ca

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Pressure Leaching of Enargite-Pyrite Concentrates

    By María Cristina Ruiz

    Enargite rich copper concentrates can not be treated by conventional smelting/converting technology and thus nonconventional methods such as leaching must be used. Since enargite (Cu3AsS4) is a hard t

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Characterization of Nanocrystalline CdS:In Thin Films Prepared by the Spray-Pyrolysis Technique

    By Shadia J. Ikhmayies

    Nanocrystalline CdS:In thin films with particle size in the range (3-36 nm) were produced by the spray pyrolysis technique on glass substrates. The films were characterized by investigating their X-ra

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Preparation of Building Material Using Elemental Sulfur and Heavy-metal Containing Slag

    By Yanjie Liang

    Elemental sulfur and volatilization kiln slag(VKS)containing heavy-metal produced by smelter factories were used to produce sulfured building material. The effects of heating mode, material proportion

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Preparation Of MgO With Low CaO Content And High Specific Surface Area From Low-Grade Dolomite

    By Xiang-yang Zhou

    Keywords: Low-Grade Dolomite, Low CaO Content, High Specific Surface Area, MgO. A low energy consumption preparation technology of magnesium oxide with low calcium oxide content and high specific s

    Jan 1, 2005

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    Screening-level Environmental Burden Assessments for Metals Use in Electronics: A Case Study on the U.S. Printed Wiring Board Industry

    By Carl W. Lam

    The increased obsolescence rate of electronic products has made it evermore pertinent to understand the potential environmental impact of materials choices to help guide electronic waste (e-waste) man

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Recent Improvements In Evaporative Cooling Technology For Copper Tapholes And Launders

    By Pietro Navarra

    A great deal of effort has been expended on how to optimize conventional water cooling circuits in furnace cooling elements, and the results have been largely satisfactory. However, there is a general

    Jan 1, 2006

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    Engagement is an Essential Skill in the 21st Century

    By Dirk van Zyl

    As part of the North American regional activities during the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development Project (MMSD) one project focused on the development of sustainability evaluations at the ope

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Application Of Transformational Roasting To The Treatment Of Metallurgical Wastes

    By Preston C. Holloway

    Transformational roasting involves the heating of a material along with specific additives to induce mineralogical changes in the starting material. By controlling the chemical composition, roasting a

    Jan 1, 2006

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    Higher education: the quest for the sustainable campus

    By Leith Sharp

    I was confronted with a profound dilemma as an undergraduate engineering student at the University of New South Wales in Australia in 1992. I had been taught that our planetary life-support systems we

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Lighweight Materials for the Automotive: Environmental Impact Analysis of the Use of Composites

    By Karel Van Acker

    The automotive is a sector where energy consumption during the use phase prevails over the production and the end-of-life phase. Therefore, a lot of research and innovations at replacing classical ste

    Jan 1, 2010

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    2010 Vittorio de Nora Award Winner: Designing Crushing and Grinding Circuits for Improved Energy Efficiency

    By Zeljka Pokrajcic

    Crushing and grinding, or comminution, circuits are the most energy intensive process of a mineral processing plant. Comminution involves the physical size reduction of an orebody to a particle size s

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Preparation Of Sm-Co Alloy Oxide Precursor By Wet-Chemical Co-Precipitation

    Sm-Co alloy is a kind of magnetic material with high power and has been applied in modern industry widely. In this study, the wet chemical co-precipitation was developed for synthesis of the Sm-Co all

    Jan 1, 2005

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    Constant and Pulse Voltage Applications in CaWO4 Reduction

    By Orhan Gokce Goksu

    It has been shown that metallic tungsten powder can be obtained by electrochemical reduction of solid CaWO4 in molten CaCl2-NaCl eutectic mixture at 600oC. In this study, constant and pulse voltage el

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Depth through Breadth: Addressing the Grand Challenges of Teaching Sustainability

    By Svetlana Nikitina

    While many question "sustainability" as an intellectual field on the grounds that it is too broad and "undisciplined," we are able to achieve a good balance between breadth of coverage and depth of in

    Jan 1, 2010