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Journal Article 
Recycling Technology of End-of-Life Magnesium Scrap 
Moon, BGi; You, BSun; Koh, KiHo 
2013 
51 
1 
1-13 
WOS:000314857800001 
Magnesium alloys ate emerging Materials for green Car
because they have the lowest, density among structural metallic materials. With the increased use
of magnesium the development of more effective magnesium recycling technology for all scrap type
becomes more important. This paper extensively reviews the recycling technology of end-of-life
magnesium scrap. Firstly, it describes the typical refining processes for sorted clean scrap such
as flux and fluxless remelting. And it describes the several processes which are feasible to
separate magnesium alloys from a light metal shredder fraction containing, aluminum and other
light matters or to remove surface contaminants and coated layers containing organic matters such
as hydrocarbon, compounds or harmful metallic elements such as nickel, copper, iron, and
chromium. It also introduces the existing purification techniques for a seriously, Contaminated
magnesium melt due to the incomplete removal of impurities. Finally, it discusses the cleanliness
assessment techniques of magnesium alloy. 
Metals; recycling; melting; magnesium alloy