Employing Considerations of Criticality in Product Design

被引:33
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作者
Graedel, T. E. [1 ]
Nuss, Philip [1 ]
机构
[1] Yale Univ, Sch Forestry & Environm Studies, Ctr Ind Ecol, New Haven, CT 06511 USA
关键词
Product design;
D O I
10.1007/s11837-014-1188-4
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
With no agreed-on definition of critical materials, product and process designers have been unable to systematically address the critical materials issue. Using a comprehensive methodology, we have determined the criticality of 62 metals and metalloids-approximately two-thirds of the periodic table. We illustrate how the analyses were performed, provide an overview of criticality at the global level for all elements, and then present examples of how the criticality information could be used in making material-related choices in product and process design.
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页码:2360 / 2366
页数:7
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