Author : Shaymaa Abbas Abdulsada

The aluminum recycling industry is mature and well developed. Since 2001 the production of secondary aluminum in the US from recycling has actually exceeded that of primary aluminum from smelting. Results showed after recycling aluminum cans obtained aluminum alloy contains element of manganese as a major alloy. Micro hardness Vickers after testing homogeneous sample alloy showed the sample have value = 50.59 kg/mm2.

Keywords: Aluminum alloy, Recycling, Aluminum cans.

Article published in International Journal of Current  Engineering  and Technology, Vol.3,No.4(Oct- 2013)