Emission Factor

Refractory - basic - packed (refractory production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is refractory production, basic, packed. The Reference Product is refractory, basic, packed. The product "refractory, basic, packed" represents 1 kg of refractory, basic, packed or magnesia bricks. It has a content of at least 80% MgO and it is manufactured from a variety of magnesium and chromite ores. The product is in form of bricks. The main applications of basic refractory are steel melting and refining furnaces and vessels, regenerators for glass melting furnaces, cement and lime furnaces. 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/5979/documentation

PropertyValue
NameRefractory - basic - packed (refractory production)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMined Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
1999
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
mined_materials-type_refractory_basic_packed_refractory_production_basic_packed
UUID
1a814c88-90a7-489d-9c83-3295d5efdb6f
Code Snippet
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