MAGNESIUM PROPOSALS
July 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE BANNING of the fluorinated gas SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) as a protective gas in magnesium casting, (barring smaller die casters), has been proposed in a European Commission-ordered consultants report on fighting climate change. Ecofys and Öko-Recherche had been told to draw up practical recommendations on better implementing the European Climate Change Programme. The report 'Costs and the impact on emissions of potential regulatory framework for reducing emissions hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulphur hexafluoride' - recently ...
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