Switzerland

Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent)

Clay (pit operation)

United Arab Emirates (the)

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Cut stone and stone product manufacturing

Ground or treated mineral and earth manufacturing

The activity generating the emissions is clay pit operation. The Reference Product is clay. Clay sediments are used in great variety, with the primary raw materials being loams, clays, marls, mudstone, shale, and slate together with smaller quantities of boulder clay, loess, and sand. They can contain all types of suitable clay minerals (layered silicates), such as illite, sericite, kaolinite, chlorite, and montmorillonite. The composition and particle size are the two principal factors that determine the nature of this product. The main component of the raw material clay is Kaolin. Kaolin approaches the formula of the mineral kaolinite (Al2O3.2SiO2.2H2O). Kaolins are primary clays formed by local decomposition of feldspar mineral. Clay is mainly used for producing bricks. Other products with a porous structure are produced from raw materials including clay, e.g., face bricks, paving bricks, roofing tiles, drainage pipes, and cable conduits. Clinker, with its impervious or nearly impervious structure is produced mainly from shale and stoneware clays. 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/478/documentation

The activity generating the emissions is clay pit operation. The Reference Product is clay. Clay sediments are used in great variety, with the primary raw materials being loams, clays, marls, mudstone, shale, and slate together with smaller quantities of boulder clay, loess, and sand. They can contain all types of suitable clay minerals (layered silicates), such as illite, sericite, kaolinite, chlorite, and montmorillonite. The composition and particle size are the two principal factors that determine the nature of this product. The main component of the raw material clay is Kaolin. Kaolin approaches the formula of the mineral kaolinite (Al2O3.2SiO2.2H2O). Kaolins are primary clays formed by local decomposition of feldspar mineral. Clay is mainly used for producing bricks. Other products with a porous structure are produced from raw materials including clay, e.g., face bricks, paving bricks, roofing tiles, drainage pipes, and cable conduits. Clinker, with its impervious or nearly impervious structure is produced mainly from shale and stoneware clays. 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/1662/documentation

Property	Value
Name	Clay (pit operation)
Sector	Materials and Manufacturing
Category	Mined Materials
Source	ecoinvent
Region	Switzerland (CH), Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent) (ECOINVENT_ROW)
Year	1992
LCA Activity	source_specific

Emission Factor Name	Region	Source	Year	Unit
Clay (pit operation)	Switzerland	ecoinvent	1992	Unit Type
Clay (pit operation)	Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	1992	Unit Type

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