Docking with a metals processing facility could dramatically improve aluminum manufacturing, according to the head of a metal erosion process that would help make aluminum parts in metal foundries more efficient and less prone to environmental degradation.
The metal industry has seen rapid growth in recent years as it has increasingly become a part of the global economy, but its production in some parts of the world has not kept pace.
A recent report from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) found that by 2020, the U,S.
would account for just 2 percent of the total aluminum market.
That percentage will rise to 10 percent by 2030, and by 2040, it could reach 25 percent, according the report.
That rapid growth is being driven by China, where aluminum demand is surging.
China is the world’s biggest aluminum producer and the biggest consumer of aluminum.
However, it has struggled to meet the world demand for aluminum, which has grown rapidly in recent decades as the economy has grown.
In 2014, China produced more than 80 percent of global aluminum demand, according U.N. statistics.
That year, it added more than 3.4 billion tons to its global aluminum output, which is more than the combined output of India, Brazil, India and Mexico combined.
In addition, China has been increasingly looking for ways to ramp up its aluminum production to meet growing demand.
In a study published in the journal ACS Nano in November, researchers from the University of Bristol and the University at Buffalo, and their collaborators showed that by using metal erosion processes to produce an alloy of nickel and aluminum, they could improve the efficiency of the process and reduce environmental impacts, including the release of greenhouse gases.
Aluminum foundries are typically used to make a variety of products that are used in the manufacturing of automobiles, electronic devices, military equipment and other industrial equipment.
The process used to process the metal also creates a coating for the metal.
“Our research demonstrates that by optimizing the processing process of a process that produces an alloy, a metal can be processed at a lower cost,” said professor Richard T. Stacey of the University’s School of Engineering and Technology, who led the study.
The research has been accepted for publication in the prestigious journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
“The work shows how to achieve a similar level of efficiency by using the same metal as a substrate and the same technology,” said co-author Dr. James D. Buss, a professor of chemical engineering at the University.
“It demonstrates that we can do a process at a fraction of the cost of a traditional process, which may provide a much better return on investment.”
Stacey and his colleagues studied aluminum oxide produced in a metal extraction facility in the Ulsan, South Korea, where they used nickel, aluminum and a mixture of nickel, zinc and aluminum in order to produce the metal alloy.
They used a method that involves “degrading” the aluminum oxide using heat, electricity and chemical reactions to produce aluminum.
They then used this aluminum alloy to make the metal parts.
The researchers tested the process on the metal components and found that the process produced an alloy with about 90 percent of their desired strength.
The alloy also had higher surface area and higher toughness than the original alloy.
“This is the first time we have seen a process capable of producing a metal with all three properties,” said Buss.
“We think this could have significant economic implications for the aluminum industry.”
While metal production in metal findsries is currently limited, it is expected that the industry will grow in the coming years.
In the future, the metals produced at the metal extraction process could be used in many new products, such as batteries, radar and other high-performance electronics, according Buss and his team.
The study also showed that the alloy had a lower environmental impact compared to the original aluminum alloy.
The metal was treated with an environmentally friendly additive called zinc, which improves the aluminum’s ability to resist corrosion and is known to have a higher environmental footprint than the alloy used in aluminum foundries.