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Emission Factor

Gypsum - mineral (gypsum quarry operation)

123.45

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Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product "gypsum mineral" represents the natural mineral CaSO4 * 2 H2O milled. It is mined together with anhydrite rock in open pit mining. The output of the mine is crushed and sorted. The intermediate products are composed of about 65% natural gypsum (CaSO4 * 2 H2O) 34% natural anhydrite rock (CaSO4) and 1% soil and gravel that are deposited back in the mine. The material is gained by blasting and digging. Gypsum is used by the cement industry; as a filler in the paper industry and as raw material for (burned) anhydrite and stucco. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

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NameGypsum - mineral (gypsum quarry operation)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMined Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10
Region
South Africa (ZA)
Year
2017
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
Scopes
XX,XX
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
xxx
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 22Version log
  • Replaced by: 3305a515-73a6-403d-aaec-e55f706c919b

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