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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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Dross Processing
The furnaces used for melting recycled aluminum generate three products. The
rst is the molten aluminum, which is cast or transferred to customers. The second
is the off-gas, which will be discussed in the next chapter. The third is a semi-
solid skim removed from the melt surface. This skim, better known as dross, is a
mixture of molten aluminum metal and various oxide and chloride compounds.
Its composition depends on the choice of melting practice and the amount and
composition of uxes used. Regardless of composition, the processing of dross
has always been important. Dross processing can (a) recover the valuable meta ...
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ISBN: 9781466570245