Sustainable Metals Management Securing our Future - Steps Towards a Closed Loop Economy /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Gleich, Arnim von (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Ayres, Robert U. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Gößling-Reisemann, Stefan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Σειρά: Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science, 19
• Θέματα: Materials science.; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Pollution prevention.; Environmental economics.; Metals.; Materials Science.; Metallic Materials.; Sustainable Development.; Environmental Management.; Environmental Economics.; Industrial Pollution Prevention.; Climate Change.

Metals have been essential to human civilisation for many thousands of years. With a broad range of applications they have found their way into virtually every aspect of our daily lives. Their durable and recyclable properties should make them ideal materials for a sustainable economy. But can metal...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Sustainability and Metals
• Outlines of a Sustainable Metals Industry
• Metallic Raw Materials — Constituents of Our Economy
• Economy, Thermodynamics, and Sustainability
• Aluminium
• Prospects for a Sustainable Aluminum Industry
• Towards a Sustainable Copper Industry?
• An Application of Exergy Accounting to Five Basic Metal Industries
• Entropy as a Measure for Resource Consumption — Application to Primary and Secondary Copper Production
• Dematerialization of the Metals Turnover
• Sustainability Strategies in Field Trial
• Metals Materials Flows
• Limits of Metal Recycling
• Secondary Materials in Steel Production and Recycling
• Optimisation Possibilities of Copper Smelting and -Processing
• The Hamburger Aluminium-Werk GMBH’s Contribution to a Sustainable Closed Loop Aluminium System
• Sustainable Use of Copper
• Ecological, Social, Toxicological, and Cultural Effects
• Heavy Metals in the Netherlands
• Toxic Effects of Metals and Metal Compounds
• Metallurgical Plants and Chemicals Industry as Challenges to Environmental Protection in the 19th Century
• Copper Mining and Metallurgy in Prehistoric and the More Recent Past
• Social and Ecological Consequences of the Bauxite-Energy-Aluminium Product Line
• The Ok Tedi Pages
• Product Design and Use
• Metals and Plastics - Competition or Synergy?
• Sustainability-Optimised Material Selection and Product Design at Audi
• Recycling of Electronic Waste Material
• Sustainable Development of Microelectronics Industry
• The Role of Metals for Designing Products and Solutions in the Context of a Sustainable Society.