Emission Factor

Lead (primary zinc production from concentrate)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is primary zinc production from concentrate. The reference product is lead. Lead is a metal. It is soft and maleable heavy metal, with a metalic grey appearance and it is a post-transition metal. It is the direct product from mining and beneficiation and a by-product from gold mine operation and mining. It is in a bullion form. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: batteries, pigments manufacturing, glass and ceramics production, as a additive in paints, as plastic stabilizer, electrical and telecommunication cables and wires, metal alloys, gasoline additive, shot and ammunition substance, etc. 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/20262/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameLead (primary zinc production from concentrate)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMetals
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2015
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
metals-type_lead_primary_zinc_production_from_concentrate
UUID
2c558cd1-f919-4026-8fb5-abcb1511d3cc
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