The Metrics of Material and Metal Ecology

This book is a must for individuals and companies that have an interest in developing sustainable technology and systems in the complex 'Web of Metals' on a first principles, technological and economic basis, with a focus to the minerals, metals and product manufacturing industries.

I. Overview of Book.1. Metal and material ecology.2. Product Recycling as applied to the car.3. Metallurgical recycling of aluminium.4. Objectives of book.II. Metal and Material Ecology.5. Sustainability and industrial ecology.6. A description of the metal cycles.7. A prescription for the metal cycles.8. Electronics recycling: Lead free solder.9. Synthesis and conclusions.III. Product Recycling as Applied to the Car.10. The dynamic and distributed nature of the recycling rate of the car - a fundamental description of recycling systems.11. Dynamic modelling and optimisation of the resource cycle of passenger vehicles - a technological framework.12. The role of particle size reduction, liberation and product design in recycling passenger vehicles.13. Recycling experiments - from theory to practice.IV. Metallurgical Recycling of Aluminium.14. Aluminium metallurgy and recycling raw materials.15. Physical separation of aluminium containing material.16. Primary production of aluminium.17. Recycling of aluminium metal containing material.18. Simulating a rotary furnace for aluminium recycling.A. Relevant theory.B. Description of metal production flowcharts.C. Car recycling - a case study.D. Excel screen captures depicting the optimization model.