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Introduction
M. Balakrishnan, V.S. Batra,
J.S.J.Hargreaves, and I.D. Pulford
Recently, concern about the fate of waste products produced by a whole range of
industrial processes has combined with a growing realization that they may have
potential uses and, therefore, value (Balakrishnan etal., 2011; Gupta etal., 2009).
This has led to a large number of studies aimed at utilizing such wastes, which is
the focus of this book. The following chapters discuss various selected classes of
large-scale waste and their current applications and potential future applications.
Chapter 2 details different wastes derived from metal processing. In Chapter ...