Germany

Silicon

Global

Silicon - electronics grade (market for)

United States of America (the)

All other miscellaneous chemical product and preparation manufacturing

United Arab Emirates (the)

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Ecuador

Estonia

Egypt

Spain

Ethiopia

Finland

Fiji

France

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Emission intensity of silicon (Si). Retrieved from the file Informationsblatt CO2-Faktoren v3.3 in the source URL. Data quality flag: Methodology - The source does not specify the IPCC AR version of GWPs used to calculate CO2e.

Emission intensity of silicon dioxide. Retrieved from the file Informationsblatt CO2-Faktoren v3.3 in the source URL. Data quality flag: Methodology - The source does not specify the IPCC AR version of GWPs used to calculate CO2e.

Silicon dioxide

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. Silicon tetrahydride'  is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 007803-62-5. It is called 'silicon' under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: Si. It is gas under normal conditions of temperature and pressure with no information available about its odour. The substance is modelled as a pure substance.  There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on a consumer level. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: chemicals. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

Silicon tetrahydride (silicon hydrochloration)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. Silicon tetrachloride'  is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 010026-04-7. It is called 'tetrachlorosilane' under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: Cl4Si. It is liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure with no information available about its odour. The substance is modelled as a pure substance.  There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on a consumer level. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: chemicals. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

Silicon tetrachloride (silicon hydrochloration)

The activity generating the emissions is silicone product production. The Reference Product is silicone product. Silicone product, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoset material. This product consists of 100% virgin material with no content of recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: sealants, adhesives, lubricants, medicine, cooking utensils, and thermal and electrical insulation The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/250/documentation

Silicone product (production)

The activity generating the emissions is silicone product production. The Reference Product is silicone product. Silicone product, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoset material. This product consists of 100% virgin material with no content of recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: sealants, adhesives, lubricants, medicine, cooking utensils, and thermal and electrical insulation The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/6368/documentation

The activity generating the emissions is silicon tetrachloride production. The Reference Product is silicon tetrachloride. Silicon tetrachloride is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 010026-04-7. It is called tetrachlorosilane under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: Cl4Si. It is liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure with no information available about its odor. It is modelled as a pure substance. Modelling this substance in a solution requires the user to add the solvent of their choice in their models. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on a consumer level. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: chemicals. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/2310/documentation

Silicon tetrachloride (production)

The activity generating the emissions is market for silicone product. The Reference Product is silicone product. Silicone product, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoset material. This product consists of 100% virgin material with no content of recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: sealants, adhesives, lubricants, medicine, cooking utensils, and thermal and electrical insulation The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/18832/documentation

Silicone product (market for)

The activity generating the emissions is market for silicone product. The Reference Product is silicone product. Silicone product, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoset material. This product consists of 100% virgin material with no content of recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: sealants, adhesives, lubricants, medicine, cooking utensils, and thermal and electrical insulation The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/18749/documentation

The activity generating the emissions is market for silicon tetrahydride. The Reference Product is silicon tetrahydride. Silicon tetrahydride is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 007803-62-5. It is called silicon under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: Si. It is gas under normal conditions of temperature and pressure with no information available about its odor. It is modelled as a pure substance. Modelling this substance in a solution requires the user to add the solvent of their choice in their models. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on a consumer level. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: chemicals. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/9849/documentation

Silicon tetrahydride (market for)

The activity generating the emissions is silicon production, electronics grade. The Reference Product is silicon tetrachloride. Silicon tetrachloride is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 010026-04-7. It is called tetrachlorosilane under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: Cl4Si. It is liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure with no information available about its odor. It is modelled as a pure substance. Modelling this substance in a solution requires the user to add the solvent of their choice in their models. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on a consumer level. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: chemicals. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/5190/documentation

Silicon tetrachloride (silicon production - electronics grade)

The activity generating the emissions is silicon production, electronics grade. The Reference Product is silicon tetrachloride. Silicon tetrachloride is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 010026-04-7. It is called tetrachlorosilane under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: Cl4Si. It is liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure with no information available about its odor. It is modelled as a pure substance. Modelling this substance in a solution requires the user to add the solvent of their choice in their models. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on a consumer level. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: chemicals. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/7216/documentation

The activity generating the emissions is market for silicon tetrachloride. The Reference Product is silicon tetrachloride. Silicon tetrachloride is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 010026-04-7. It is called tetrachlorosilane under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: Cl4Si. It is liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure with no information available about its odor. It is modelled as a pure substance. Modelling this substance in a solution requires the user to add the solvent of their choice in their models. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on a consumer level. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: chemicals. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/17727/documentation

Silicon tetrachloride (market for)

The activity generating the emissions is market for silicon tetrachloride. The Reference Product is silicon tetrachloride. Silicon tetrachloride is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 010026-04-7. It is called tetrachlorosilane under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: Cl4Si. It is liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure with no information available about its odor. It is modelled as a pure substance. Modelling this substance in a solution requires the user to add the solvent of their choice in their models. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on a consumer level. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: chemicals. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/18117/documentation

Emission intensity of silicon - production mix - photovoltaics (at plant). Provided by the Integrated Carbon Metrics (ICM) Embodied Carbon Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Database (ICM Database). Note: The CO2e value only takes into account CO2 CH4 and N2O. The CO2e values were calculated using the process method (no embodied GHG emissions from input-output processes are included). Data quality flag: Methodology - The source does not specify the IPCC AR version of GWPs used to calculate CO2e.

Silicon - production mix - photovoltaics (at plant)

The activity generating the emissions is silicon tetrahydride production, silicon hydrochlorination. The Reference Product is silicon tetrahydride. Silicon tetrahydride is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 007803-62-5. It is called silicon under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: Si. It is gas under normal conditions of temperature and pressure with no information available about its odor. It is modelled as a pure substance. Modelling this substance in a solution requires the user to add the solvent of their choice in their models. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on a consumer level. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: chemicals. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/7217/documentation

Silicon tetrahydride (production - silicon hydrochlorination)

The activity generating the emissions is silicon tetrahydride production, silicon hydrochlorination. The Reference Product is silicon tetrachloride. Silicon tetrachloride is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 010026-04-7. It is called tetrachlorosilane under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: Cl4Si. It is liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure with no information available about its odor. It is modelled as a pure substance. Modelling this substance in a solution requires the user to add the solvent of their choice in their models. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on a consumer level. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: chemicals. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/9099/documentation

Silicon tetrachloride (silicon tetrahydride production - silicon hydrochlorination)

The activity generating the emissions is silicon production, electronics grade. The Reference Product is silicon, solar grade. Silicon, solar grade is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 007440-21-3. It is called silicon under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: Si. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure with no information available about its odor. The substance is modelled with >98% purity Modelling this substance in a solution requires the user to add the solvent of their choice in their models. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on a consumer level. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: electronics The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/1717/documentation

Silicon - solar grade (silicon production - electronics grade)

The activity generating the emissions is silicon production, electronics grade. The Reference Product is silicon, solar grade. Silicon, solar grade is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 007440-21-3. It is called silicon under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: Si. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure with no information available about its odor. The substance is modelled with >98% purity Modelling this substance in a solution requires the user to add the solvent of their choice in their models. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on a consumer level. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: electronics The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/3823/documentation

The activity generating the emissions is silicon production, electronics grade. The Reference Product is silicon, electronics grade. Silicon, electronics grade is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 007440-21-3. It is called silicon under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: Si. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure with no information available about its odor. The substance is modelled with >98% purity Modelling this substance in a solution requires the user to add the solvent of their choice in their models. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on a consumer level. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: electronics The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/230/documentation

Silicon - electronics grade (silicon production)

Property	Value
Name	Silicon
Sector	Materials and Manufacturing
Category	Chemical Products
Source	Bafa
Region	Germany (DE)
Unit Type	Weight
Year	2025
LCA Activity	cradle_to_gate

Emission Factor Name	Region	Source	Year	Unit
Silicon	Germany	Bafa	2025	Weight
Silicon dioxide	Germany	Bafa	2025	Weight
Silicon tetrahydride (silicon hydrochloration)	Global	ecoinvent	2000	Weight
Silicon tetrachloride (silicon hydrochloration)	Global	ecoinvent	2000	Weight
Silicone product (production)	Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	1997	Weight
Silicone product (production)	Europe (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	1997	Weight
Silicon tetrachloride (production)	Global	ecoinvent	1986	Weight
Silicone product (market for)	Europe (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	2018	Weight
Silicone product (market for)	Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	2011	Weight
Silicon tetrahydride (market for)	Global	ecoinvent	2011	Weight
Silicon tetrachloride (silicon production - electronics grade)	Germany	ecoinvent	1992	Weight
Silicon tetrachloride (silicon production - electronics grade)	Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	1992	Weight
Silicon tetrachloride (market for)	Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	2011	Weight
Silicon tetrachloride (market for)	Germany	ecoinvent	2018	Weight
Silicon - production mix - photovoltaics (at plant)	Australia	ICM Database	2019	Weight
Silicon tetrahydride (production - silicon hydrochlorination)	Global	ecoinvent	2000	Weight
Silicon tetrachloride (silicon tetrahydride production - silicon hydrochlorination)	Global	ecoinvent	2000	Weight
Silicon - solar grade (silicon production - electronics grade)	Germany	ecoinvent	1992	Weight
Silicon - solar grade (silicon production - electronics grade)	Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	1992	Weight
Silicon - electronics grade (silicon production)	Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	1992	Weight

Silicon

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