Emission Factor

Rare earth carbonate concentrate (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for rare earth carbonate concentrate. The reference product is rare earth carbonate concentrate. Rare earth carbonate concentrate is a metal. It includes 15 individual rare earth oxides (REOs). Cerium, europium, neodymium, samarium, gadolinium and praseodymium are Light Rare Earth Elements (LREE) while lanthanum, ytterbium, yttrium, dysprosium, erbium, holmium, lutetium, terbium and thulium oxide are Heavy Rare Earth Elements (HREE). 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: phosphors , ceramics, metal alloys, batteries, catalysts for petroleum refining, autocatalysts, chemical catalyst, glass polishing, metal alloys, yellow ceramic pigment, autocat, high power magnets, high temperature magnets, fluorescent lighting, magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent, nuclear reactor rods, phosphors for lighting, lasers, highest power magnets in existence, ceramic magnetic materials which are still under development, fibre optic technology, solar panels, and PET scanners. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/23863/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameRare earth carbonate concentrate (market for)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMined Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2017
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_rare_earth_carbonate_concentrate_market_for_rare_earth_carbonate_concentrate
UUID
437ec78c-5e47-4ccd-ba19-cf905b24aa09
Code Snippet
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