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The activity generating the emissions is magnesium, for reuse in zirconium sponge production, to generic market for magnesium. The reference product is magnesium. Magnesium is a metal. It is shiny gray solid, with a 97.5% purity and it is an alkaline earth metal. It is a direct product of the Pidgeon process or electrolysis. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: as an alloying agent in aluminium to produce aeroplane and cars, added to molten iron and steel to remove sulfur, used in flares, fireworks and sparklers, in many different products like car seats, luggage, laptops, cameras and power tools. 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/27452/documentation.
Property | Value |
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Name | Magnesium (for reuse in zirconium sponge production - to generic market for) |
Sector | Materials and Manufacturing |
Category | Metals |
Source | ecoinvent |
Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11 |
Region | |
Unit Type | |
Year | 2021 |
Year Released | 2024 |
Emission Factor | |
LCA Activity | unknown |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
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