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Yes, you save all the energy that would have been needed to mine fresh ore from the ground and to extract the metal from that ore. The amount of energy needed to collect and sort the recycled metals is insignificant compared to this (especially for metals like aluminum that are very hard to extract from their ores).
You only need to use the energy needed to melt the pure metal, which you would have needed anyway after extraction of new metal from fresh ore.
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Why do you recycle metals?
Metals can be melted down repeatedly without losing their strength or durability, which makes them ideal for recycling.
Which element has the lowest ionization energy halogens metals non metals or noble gases?
Metals have the least ionization energy
Is the ionization energy of alkali metals larger or smaller than the alkaline earth metals in the same period?
It is about first ionization energy. It is less than alkaline earth metals.
What is recyclability?
alot of things are recycleable like cans, bottles, paper, and some plastics, even your green waste is recycleable. More than half of the things you throw in the trash are recycleable!
What can you do to reduce impacts of obtaining and disposing minerals in aluminium and magnesium metals?
A recommendation to help reduce the impact of obtaining minerals and metals is to recycle all the metal and minerals to be reused in other electronic devices.
Is energy saved overall if we recycle metals?
no
Why is it important to recycle the metals you extract using electrolysis?
It takes a lot of electric power to refine metals by electrolysis. Such metals therefore are a kind of stored energy. If they are not recycled, that energy is lost.
How much energy is saved when you recycle two bottles?
SOMEWERE between 5,000 and 4000000 million
Why is it important to recycle metals that you extract by electrolysis?
It takes a lot of electric power to refine metals by electrolysis. Such metals therefore are a kind of stored energy. If they are not recycled, that energy is lost, and more energy will be needed to refine more metals by electrolysis to replace them. High energy consumption is a major factor in environmental pollution.
Why recycle metals?
Some people think it will prolong are existence on this planet by eliminating waste in landfills. Plus it takes less energy to recycle metal than to mine and smelt new metal.
How do you avoid running out of metals?
Recycle
How can you conserved metal ores?
you can recycle the metals or use alternative metals.
Where can you recycle your metals?
pretty much every recycling centre :)
What metals can you recycle?
Iron,Silver,Ag,Al etc...
What is the good points of recycle?
Less stuff going into landfills. Less energy being used on refining metals from ores, when scrap metal can be collected and melted down instead. Less mining to be done when metals can be collected from scrap.
Is solar energy recycle?
no
The movements of energy and nutrients through living systems are different because of what?
energy flows in one direction and nutrients recycle.
