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The recycling of aluminum scrap and dross yields significant economic and energy savings, as well environmental benefits. The recovery of aluminum depends on many factors. The aim of this work is to experimentally investigate aluminum recovery under different conditions. In this study, aluminum dross was processed in a direct-current electric-arc rotary furnace. The presence of crushing refractory bodies during processing was found to increase the degree of aluminum recovery by about ten percent.
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Tzonev, T., Lucheva, B. Recovering aluminum from aluminum dross in a DC electric-arc rotary furnace. JOM 59, 64–68 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-007-0143-z
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