Emission Factor

Fluorspar - 97% purity (fluorspar production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is fluorspar production, 97% purity. The reference product is fluorspar, 97% purity. "fluorspar, 97% purity" is a mineral form of calcium fluoride, colourless and transparent mineral, with a 97% purity. It is a direct product of extraction and a by-product of scandium oxide production, from rare earth tailings. It can be used in the following applications: manufacturing of aluminium, gasoline, insulating foams, refrigerants, and uranium fuel, steel manufacture, opalescent glass, enamels for cooking utensils, hydrofluoric acid, high-performance telescopes, camera lens. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/5475/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameFluorspar - 97% purity (fluorspar production)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMined Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1976
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
mined_materials-type_fluorspar_97_percent_purity_fluorspar_production_97_percent_purity
UUID
1d5353dc-ed68-4c32-b4b1-c228b8c097e4
Code Snippet
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