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International Journal of Materials Engineering Innovation

 

Special Issue on: "Recycling of Materials and Industrial Waste"

Editor: Professor J. Paulo Davim, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Recycling is the word used to describe processing used materials into new products in order to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, and reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, energy usage pollution, and lower greenhouse gas emissions. This special issue will highlight research and development on recent advances in this area.

The issue invites submission of high quality research articles related to recycling of materials and industrial waste. Special interest will be on metals, plastics, ceramics, composites, paper, glass, textiles, electronic materials, etc. It accepts original research articles or any other original contribution, e.g. review papers, short communications on new concepts.

Subject Coverage
Topics covered by this special issue include, but are not limited to, following:

• Ferrous metals (iron and steel)
• Non-ferrous metals (aluminium, etc)
• Ceramics and glasses
• Plastics
• Composites
• Wood and paper
• Textiles
• Batteries
• Biodegradable waste
• Industrial waste (chips, lubricants, etc)
• Electronics disassembly (electrical equipment - old computers, mobile phones, etc)
• Aggregates and concrete

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page

Important Dates

Submission: 30 June 2010