Subject Code: ML4L015 Name: Materials recycling and sustainability L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit:3

Introduction: Materials and the materials cycle, and its impacts on ecology, introduction to recycling sustainability, Energy and Energy Accounting Mineral: Resources and its utilization by Industries,Producing ores and concentrates, Producing metals and manufactured mineral products Primary production: Energy consumption in primary production, Water consumption, Wastes from primary production, Management of wastes from primary production, Processing routes for extraction of common metals from their ores

Metal Industries: Present and future availability and demand of minerals and metals, Aluminium, Copper, Iron and Magnesium, New techniques of sustainable extractions and usage Secondary Materials and recycling: Life cycle analysis, Techniques of recycling for some important metals. Recycling of Electronic Waste, Towards zero waste, Towards sustainability Materials Thermodynamics and Economy: Introduction, Ecological, social and economical constraints, Role of materials for designing products and processes for sustainable society

Text/Reference Books :
  1. W. Rankin, Minerals, Metals and Sustainability: Meeting Future Material Needs, CSIRO Publishing, 2011.
  2. J. A. S. Green, Aluminum Recycling and Processing for Energy Conservation and Sustainability, ASM International, 2007.
  3. L. Peter, Materials for a Sustainable Future, Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing, 2012.
  4. M.H. Fulekar, Bhawana Pathak, R K Kale, Environment and Sustainable Development, Springer Publication, 2013.