2014-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
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| Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
| Publication Year: | 2014 |
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| ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
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Sustainability and the Modified Central Paradigm of Materials Science and Engineering in the Development of New Materials
Martin Pech-Canul1; Florian Kongoli2;1CINVESTAV-SALTILLO, Ramos Arizpe, Mexico; 2FLOGEN TECHNOLOGIES INC, MONT-ROYAL, Canada;
Type of Paper: General Plenary
Id Paper: 357
Topic: 19
Abstract:
It is undeniable that in order to meet the ever-growing needs of humans, the development of new materials and processes generates by-products or residues that can pollute the environment. This fact has to be kept in mind not only at a massive or commercial scale but also at pilot-plant and laboratory levels, where discoveries and leading-edge technologies are born and cultivated. In fact, it should constitute an essential key element of the research proposals that cannot be neglected by researchers, academicians, entrepreneurs and government officials in all steps of the materials development. It is therefore necessary that the development of a new material should consider from the outset, the sustainability in terms of pollution, reutilization and recycling. One systematic and methodological approach to accomplish this requirement is by using "The Modified Central Paradigm of Materials Science and Engineering", depicted by the relationship "Processing-Structure-Property-Performance-Reutilization/Recyclability", proposed by the authors. This paradigm is equally valid during the production of a given material for the first time as well as during its reutilization or recycling operations. In this work, authors give several examples that show the necessity of using this paradigm not only as a matter of social responsibility - which is paramount - but also as a matter of technological and economic importance, arriving at a new graphical model of the modified paradigm.