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=Specific - Energy of Production=
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*14-17 kWhr are used for producing 1 kg of PLA plastic 3D printing filament! See excellent industrial ecology paper, p. S84 at [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jiec.12618/pdf]
*14-17 kWhr are used for producing 1 kg of PLA plastic 3D printing filament! See excellent industrial ecology paper, p. S84 at [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jiec.12618/pdf]
*'''Note that this is the same amount of energy as that required to smelt 1 kg of aluminum from aluminum oxide!'''

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Specific - Energy of Production

  • 14-17 kWhr are used for producing 1 kg of PLA plastic 3D printing filament! See excellent industrial ecology paper, p. S84 at [1]
  • Note that this is the same amount of energy as that required to smelt 1 kg of aluminum from aluminum oxide!