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The Challenge of Impurities (Fe, Si) to Recycling in the Rolled Aluminum Industry in the Coming Years in Relation to Their Influence on Ultimate Tensile Strength

Publicated to: Metals. 13 (12): 2014- - 2023-12-01 13(12), DOI: 10.3390/met13122014

Authors:

Fanconi, MMV; Fernández-Marcote, IG; Ruiz-Bustinza, I
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Affiliations

CINDAL - Author
Cindal R&D, Aludium Transformac Prod SLU, Alicante 03008, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Escuela Tecn Super Ingn Minas & Energia, Dept Ingn Geol & Min, Madrid 28003, Spain - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid , CINDAL - Author
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Abstract

The increased recycling in aluminum production has raised the impurity content in the industry, thus increasing its effect on mechanical characteristics and making it difficult for recycled products to meet the properties’ goals as their effect is not yet sufficiently known. Therefore, the two main impurities (Fe and Si) in standard aluminum rolling mill products of alloy 5754 were investigated to determine their effects on the ultimate tensile strength (UTS). After analyzing the composition, mechanical properties, and microstructure, the relationship of both impurities with the UTS in fully annealed products was estimated by statistical analysis, obtaining a strong influence of Si and Fe.
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Keywords

impuritiesrecyclingscrapultimate tensile strengthAl-mgAluminumImpuritiesRecyclingScrapUltimate tensile strength

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

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  • WoS: 2
  • Scopus: 2
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  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 20 (PlumX).

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    • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/77253/

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    • Views: 201
    • Downloads: 197
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    Leadership analysis of institutional authors

    There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (RUIZ BUSTINZA, IÑIGO ELOY) .

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