Thulium oxide (rare earth oxides production - from rare earth carbonate concentrate)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product thulium is a lanthanide a rare earth element that is predominatly obtained from the ion adsorption clays of southern China - representing approximately 98% of world production - as a by-product of yttrium and gadolinium extraction. Thulium oxide (Tm2O3) is used in a number of different applications most prominently as an active laser medium material and in x-ray devices. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.