ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY are critical factors for economic development, and this comprehensive reference provides a detailed overview and fundamental analysis of sustainability issues associated with the aluminum industry. This publication brings together articles on the concepts and application of life-cycle assessments that benchmark aluminum-industry efforts towards sustainable development. Chapters provide energy-use data for primary and secondary aluminum production and processing along with future energy saving opportunities in aluminum processing. Life-cycle assessments provide basic, factual, information on the modeling of material flow in the industry, its products, and most importantly energy savings involved with recycling. Coverage includes various scrap sorting technologies and the positive impact of lightweight aluminum in transportation and infrastructure. Published by ASM International, and edited by John Green. (288 pages)

The sixth roadmap in the series related to the Industries of the Future Partership with the Department of Energy, this document is global in nature and was developed with input from alumina producers world-wide in conjunction with The Aluminum Association, the Australian Aluminium Council and AMIRA International. The document outlines a comprehensive long-term research and development plan for the global alumina industry. It emphasizes the high-priority R&D areas deemed most significant in addressing the strategic goals and encompasses six major themes: Bayer process chemistry and alternatives; resource utilization; energy efficiency; process and knowledge management; residue treatment and reuse; and safety/human exposure. (40 pages)

This volume combines the proceedings of the Aluminum Joining symposium with the Automotive Alloys 2001 symposium. The Aluminum Joining symposium covered new and enhanced joining processes for aluminum, with emphasis on laser and friction-stir welding, while the science and technology of aluminum and magnesium alloys, as it relates to the automotive market, was the main thrust of the Automotive Alloys symposium. (232 pages)

This collection from the TMS 2002 Annual Meeting combines proceedings from two symposia: Automotive Alloys, and Aluminum Sheet and Plate Rolling and Finishing Technology, co-sponsored by The Aluminum Association. Papers from the Automotive Alloys symposium cover several issues involved in the selection and characterization of aluminum alloys for automotive components in vehicles, including casting, forming, heat treatment and recyclability. Papers from the Aluminum Sheet and Plate Rolling and Finishing Technology Symposium focus on various aspects of aluminum sheet and plate. Papers deal with various processing issues, with an emphasis on rolling; product characterization, using a variety of measurement techniques or through metallographic evaluations of microstructures and textures; aluminum applications in the automotive and construction industries; and issues of standards and welding, which directly influence the use of aluminum in a wide variety of applications. (280 Pages)

Provides property and performance data for all types of aluminum alloy castings and reviews and describes the factors that contribute to and affect those properties, including composition, microstructure, casting process, heat treatment, and quality assurance. The volume features extensive collections of property and performance data, including previously unpublished aging response curves, growth curves, and fatigue curves. These data are presented in consistent formats to enable easy comparisons among different alloys and tempers. The authors have endeavored to address all of the casting process technologies available for aluminum alloys. Engineering information is included for expendable mold, permanent mold, and pressure die casting processes and their variations. The focus of the process coverage is to review the effects of process selection and process variables on casting properties and performance. Representative examples of aluminum castings applications are provided. This book will be of significant value to materials and design engineers involved in the evaluation, selection and specification of aluminum casting applications and to casting producers as a means of better understanding, quantifying, improving, and promoting the performance characteristics of aluminum castings. Copublished by ASM International and the American Foundry Society. (350 pages)