Thermodynamic criteria of alloying elements elimination during recycling end-of-life zinc-based products by remelting

Elimination of alloying elements in the end-of-life (EoL) zinc-based products is essential for the resource efficiency of zinc recycling. Using a thermodynamic method, the elimination behavior of 34 alloying elements during the recycling of EoL zinc-based products by the remelting process was quantitively evaluated. The influence of all the thermodynamic parameters was considered and extensively discussed. It was found that the remelting process...