Emission Factor

Platinum group metal concentrate (platinum group metal - mine and concentration operations)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is platinum group metal, mine and concentration operations. The reference product is platinum group metal concentrate. Platinum group metal concentrate is a metal. It has a 8.75E-05 platinum content, which is a transition metal. It is the direct product from mining and beneficiation. It is in a form of powder. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: pressed and bonded sputtering targets, as platinum ink for screen printing of platinum thin film layers and in Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) and Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) processes, also useful in any application where high surface areas are desired such as water treatment and in fuel cell and solar 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/21961/documentation.

PropertyValue
NamePlatinum group metal concentrate (platinum group metal - mine and concentration operations)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMined Materials
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
mined_materials-type_platinum_group_metal_concentrate_platinum_group_metal_mine_and_concentration_operations
UUID
3d1d48d2-d4ec-4de8-bfce-f768330b82ce
Code Snippet
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