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Single-Si wafer - for electronics (single-Si wafer production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is single-Si wafer production, for electronics. The Reference Product is single-Si wafer, for electronics. This product represents a blank wafer of pure silicon. It is used in the semiconductor industry as a basis onto which integrated circuits are etched through photolithography. The sc-Silicon columns are sawn into square wafers with a size 156x156 mm2 (0.0243 m2), a thickness of 270 um and weight of 629 g/m2. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/1787/documentation

PropertyValue
NameSingle-Si wafer - for electronics (single-Si wafer production)
SectorEquipment
CategoryElectronics
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
1992
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/m2
Scopes3.1, 3.2
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
electronics-type_single_si_wafer_for_electronics_single_si_wafer_production_for_electronics
UUID
3aa931b0-1ed4-417e-b945-5d9a07fa1be2
Code Snippet
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