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Sustainable Metals Management Arnim von Gleich

Sustainable Metals Management By Arnim von Gleich

Sustainable Metals Management by Arnim von Gleich


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Metals have been vital to human civilization for many thousands of years. This book assembles experts from many fields to discuss the conditions and limits of sustainable metals management. The contributors examine the theoretical ideas and goals of sustainability, and apply them across the metal making and trading process.

Sustainable Metals Management Summary

Sustainable Metals Management: Securing Our Future - Steps Towards a Closed Loop Economy by Arnim von Gleich

Metals have been vital to human civilization for many thousands of years. Their durability and recyclability should make them ideal materials for a sustainable economy. This book assembles experts from many fields to discuss the conditions and limits of sustainable metals management. The contributors examine the theoretical ideas and goals of sustainability, and apply them across the metal making and trading process.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. Foreword. Preface. Part I: Sustainability and Metals.- 1. Outlines of a Sustainable Metals Industry; A. von Gleich.- 2. Metallic Raw Materials - Constituents of our Economy; F.-W. Wellmer, M. Wagner.- Part II: Economy, Thermodynamics, and Sustainability.- 3. Aluminium; W. Kuckshinrichs, W.R. Poganietz.- 4. Prospects for a Sustainable Aluminum Industry; P.N. Martens et al.- 5. Towards A Sustainable Copper Industry; F. Messner.- 6. An Application of Exergy Accounting to Five Basic Metal Industries; R.U. Ayres et al.- 7. Entropy as a Measure for Resource Use - Application to Primary and Secondary Copper Production; S. Goessling-Reisemann.- 8. Dematerialization of the Metals Turnover; S. Karlsson.- 9. Sustainability Strategies in Field Trial; A. von Gleich et al.- Part III: Metals Materials Flows.- 10. Limits of Metal Recycling; G. Rombach.- 11. Secondary Materials in Steel Production and Recycling; D. Janke et al.- 12. Optimisation Possibilities of Cupper Smelting and - Processing; J. Krueger.- 13. The Hamburger Aluminium-Werk Gmbh's Contribution to a Sustainable Closed Loop Aluminium System; H.-C. Wrigge, H. Albers.- 14. Sustainable Use of Copper; M. Scharp, L. Erdmann.- Part IV: Ecological, Social, Toxicological, and Cultural Effects.- 15. Heavy Metals in the Netherlands; E. van der Vloet et al.- 16. Toxic Effects of Metals and Metal Compounds; P. Wardenbach.- 17. Metallurgical Plants and Chemicals Industry asChallenges to Environmental Protection in the 19th Century; A. Andersen.- 18. Copper Mining and Metallurgy in Prehistoric and the More Recent Past; J. Krueger.- 19. Social and Ecological Consequences of the Bauxite-Energy-Aluminium Product Line; C. Mueller-Plantenberg.- 20. The Ok Tedi Pages; K. Baumgardt.- Part V: Product Design and Use.- 21. Metals and Plastics - Competition or Synergy?; M. Baitz, M.-A. Wolf.- 22. Sustainability-Optimised Material Selection and Product Design at Audi; S. Schaeper.- 23. Recycling of Electronic Waste Material; M. Teller.- 24. Sustainable Development of Microelectronics Industry; H. Griese et al.- 25. The Role of Metals for Designing Products and Solutions in the Context of a Sustainable Society; W.R. Stahel.

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NLS9789048170104
9789048170104
9048170109
Sustainable Metals Management: Securing Our Future - Steps Towards a Closed Loop Economy by Arnim von Gleich
New
Paperback
Springer
2010-11-22
610
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