Properly identifying metals and alloys has been a key task for scrap recyclers for as long as they have been preparing shipments for smelters, foundries and mills. Metals recyclers have used a variety ...

Recycling metal is essential because it reduces the amount of scrap bound for landfills and reduces the need to mine ores, but it’s not necessarily the reason scrap processors started their businesses ...

In this study, several types of metals were tested for identification based on their spectral lines. Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) is a type of atomic emission spectroscopy which ...

A Texas A&M University physicist is developing a technique to identify molecules on the surfaces of metals, which could have far-reaching implications in the control of chemical reactions in ...