Emission Factor

Silicon - solar grade (silicon production - modified Siemens process)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is silicon production, solar grade, modified Siemens process. The reference product is silicon, solar grade. Silicon, solar grade is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 007440-21-3. It is called silicon under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: Si. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure with no information available about its odor. The substance is modelled with >98% purity Modelling this substance in a solution requires the user to add the solvent of their choice in their models. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on a consumer level. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: electronics 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/8346/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameSilicon - solar grade (silicon production - modified Siemens process)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryChemical Products
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2004
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
chemicals-type_silicon_solar_grade_silicon_production_solar_grade_modified_siemens_process
UUID
3f19a35a-2fea-4597-9e27-9958fd656eb1
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