5. Glossary
Refining
Process for remelting waste of heterogeneous composition, during which composition adjustments are made.
Aluminum alloy
A mixture of pure aluminum with other elements, added in small quantities to enhance its properties.
Wrought alloy
Shaped by extrusion, rolling, or wire drawing processes.
Cast alloy
Shaped by casting in a mold.
Primary aluminum
Aluminum produced from ore.
Secondary aluminum
Aluminum from recycling.
CO2e; CO2 equivalent
Amount of CO2 that has the same warming effect as a given amount of another greenhouse gas.
Manufacturing waste; pre-consumer scrap
Generated at all stages of material production; never used as products.
End-of-life waste; post-consumer scrap
Made from products that have been discarded after use.
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Bibliography
Bibliography
- (1) - ALLWOOD (J.M.), CULLEN (J.M.) - Sustainable materials: with both eyes open. - UIT Cambridge (2012).
- (2) - SAEVARSDOTTIR (G.), KVANDE (H.), WELCH (B.J.) - Aluminum Production in the Times of Climate Change: the Global Challenge to Reduce the Carbon Footprint and Prevent Carbon Leakage. - JOM,...
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Standards
- Welding – General tolerances for welded structures – Dimensions of lengths and angles – Forms and positions - NF EN ISO 13920 - 1996
- Environmental labeling and declarations – Environmental self-declared claims (Type II labeling) - NF EN ISO 14021 - 2016
Directory
French industrial players in the aluminum life cycle (non-exhaustive list)
Constellium – processing and recycling: production sites (63502 Issoire, 49460 Montreuil-Juigné, 68600 Biesheim, and 21702 Nuits-Saint-Georges); R&D center (38341 Voreppe).
Hydro – processing and recycling: production sites (81450 Albi, 36000 Châteauroux, 28112 Lucé, 83480 Puget-sur-Argens)
Derichebourg Environment – collection, sorting,...
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