Emission Factor

Platinum (group metal mine operation - ore with high palladium content)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is platinum group metal mine operation, ore with high palladium content. The reference product is platinum. Platinum is a metal. It is silvery-white, hard, extremely dense and it is a transition metal. It is a direct product of the joint production of palladium, nickel, copper, and rhodium, and it is a by-product of platinum group metal mine operation, ore with high palladium content. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: jewelery manufacturing, catalytic converters, metal alloys, other industrial applications. 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/5590/documentation.

PropertyValue
NamePlatinum (group metal mine operation - ore with high palladium content)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMined Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1995
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_platinum_platinum_group_metal_mine_operation_ore_with_high_palladium_content
UUID
381c0361-04ea-4039-a584-849cad5ec580
Code Snippet
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