Contents -- Preface -- Life-Cycle Engineering and Design -- Sustainability - The Materials Role -- Life-Cycle Inventory Analysis of the North American Aluminum Industry -- Life-Cycle Assessment of Aluminum: Inventory Data for the Worldwide Primary Aluminum Industry -- Sustainable Development for the Aluminum Industry -- Material Flow Modeling of Aluminum for Sustainability -- Recycling of Aluminum -- Identification and Sorting of Wrought Aluminum Alloys -- Emerging Trends in Aluminum Recycling -- U.S. Energy Requirements for Aluminum Production: Historical Perspective, Theoretical Limits, and New Opportunities -- Energy Intensity of Materials Produced in the United States -- Energy Values for Energy Sources and Materials -- Hydroelectric Distribution and Electrical Energy Values -- Emission Data and Calculations -- U.S. Energy Use by Aluminum Processing Area -- Theoretical Energy Data and Calculations -- Aluminum Heat Capacity and Heat of Fusion Data -- Impact of Using Different Technologies on Energy Requirements for Producing Aluminum -- Glossary -- Index.