Topics covered in this collection include the following: *Enabling & Understanding Sustainability - Ferrous & Non-ferrous Metals Processing *Understanding & Enabling Sustainability - (Rechargeable) Batteries *Enabling & Understanding Sustainability - Rare Earth Element Applications *Enabling & Understanding Sustainability - Building Materials & Slag Valorisation *Designing Materials and Systems for Sustainability *Understanding & Enabling Sustainability - Light Metals Recycling & Waste Valorisation *Understanding & Enabling Sustainability - Education Research Innovation I *Understanding & Enabling Sustainability - Education Research Innovation II + Electronic Equipment

This volume compiles topics from the REWAS 2013 symposium at the TMS Annual Meeting, focusing on different aspects of sustainability. It discusses how to realize sustainability in such areas as transportation, the built environment, electrical and electronic equipment and infrastructure, energy production, and water systems. Enabling sustainability topics include the use of metals and materials processing, recycling and recovery, as well as process design and modeling. The book focuses on understanding sustainability through life cycle management and analysis, systems modeling and design, and education and consumer awareness.

Topics covered in this collection include the following: *Enabling & Understanding Sustainability - Ferrous & Non-ferrous Metals Processing *Understanding & Enabling Sustainability - (Rechargeable) Batteries *Enabling & Understanding Sustainability - Rare Earth Element Applications *Enabling & Understanding Sustainability - Building Materials & Slag Valorisation *Designing Materials and Systems for Sustainability *Understanding & Enabling Sustainability - Light Metals Recycling & Waste Valorisation *Understanding & Enabling Sustainability - Education Research Innovation I *Understanding & Enabling Sustainability - Education Research Innovation II + Electronic Equipment

Principles of Metal Refining and Recycling provides a self-contained introduction to the field of purification and recycling of metals. The scientific principles in the treatment of the various metals are the same. The importance of using a clean and properly alloyed metal is described in detail. The text covers thermodynamics, physical and transport properties, mixing, mass transfer and numerical models. It describes methods for removal of dissolved impurity elements, particles, and inclusions. It considers important aspects of the solidification process, remelting and adding of alloys. Recycling, future challenges and specific processes for each metal are discussed in detail. The book is a greatly extended update of the 1992 book Principles of Metal Refining by T. Abel Engh. It includes in particular the subjects of metal recycling, ferrous and non-ferrous metal refining, and metalloids like silicon.