Emission Factor

Casting - aluminium - lost-wax

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is casting, aluminium, lost-wax. The reference product is casting, aluminium, lost-wax. This is delivering the service of casting, aluminium, lost-wax. Lost-wax casting is a process for creating objects, from simple to complex, for a variety of metals (such as gold, silver, brass, or bronze) by casting an original model or pattern. This dataset represents the casting of 1 kg of aluminium and aluminum low-alloy parts by lost-wax casting. The service includes the input of aluminium ingots and alloys, along with their melting, casting, dewaxing, cutting, grinding, straightening, machining, and non-destructive testing. It also includes water and energy consumption, emissions and materials` end-of-life. However, it excludes the final product material and alloying additives. Lost-wax casted aluminium is used in industries requiring mass produced metal parts with a high level of dimensional accuracy, producing critical components for aerospace, automotive, and medical 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/11520/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameCasting - aluminium - lost-wax
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMetals
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2012
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_casting_aluminium_lost_wax_casting_aluminium_lost_wax
UUID
3e311604-1f3c-43bf-8ba3-9cf7eadf6b2a
Code Snippet
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