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Aluminum Recycling, 2nd Edition
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Aluminum Recycling, 2nd Edition

by Mark E. Schlesinger
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
282 pages
9h 56m
English
CRC Press
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Ore Body
In traditional extractive metallurgy, the raw material used to produce a metal is an
ore mined from the earth. The ore contains minerals, chemical compounds that
include the desired metallic element. It also contains other chemical compounds that
do not include the metallic element; these are known as gangue minerals. The ore
mineral contains impurity elements in addition to the metallic element. These must
be chemically separated from the metal during the extraction process.
In aluminum recycling, the ore body consists of scrap metal found on the ground,
rather than in it. However, the similarities are greater than what might appea ...
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ISBN: 9781466570245