• Title: The Importance of Aluminum Alloying Elements and Their Sources
• Volume: Vol. 75, No. 6
• Year: 2017
• No. Pages: 1.5
• Description: The U.S. is highly dependent on foreign imports for many of the alloying elements required by the aluminum industry to ensure the properties of the material for use in the B&C, automotive, aerospace, packaging, and other markets. This article demonstrates the need to reduce the country’s dependence on foreign sources of these aluminum alloying elements and the need to increase recycling as a way to retain them.
Product Code: THEPSMCN93