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Basic oxygen furnace slag - for recovery (market for)

123.45

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The activity generating the emissions is market for basic oxygen furnace slag, for recovery. The reference product is basic oxygen furnace slag, for recovery. Slag is a by-product of the steelmaking process that is produced during the smelting process. Slags are principally composed of impurities in the charge and inert materials that are added in the beginning of the steelmaking process. Basic oxygen furnace (BOF) slags are typically recovered for use internally or externally (e.g. as an aggregate), although a portion may be landfilled or stockpilled. This represents high grade material that is sent for recovery. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is Recyclable. The activity type is ordinary market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/23457/documentation.

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NameBasic oxygen furnace slag - for recovery (market for)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Product
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Year
2008
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
Scopes
XX,XX
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
xxx
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 29Version log
  • Replaced by: 49b658ee-0f5b-47ee-9834-e8f387626317

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