Emission Factor

Titania slag - 94% titanium dioxide (vanadium-titanomagnetite mine operation and beneficiation)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is vanadium-titanomagnetite mine operation and beneficiation. The reference product is titania slag, 94% titanium dioxide. The largest application of titania slag is as a white pigment representing between the 95 and 98 % of worldwide TiO2 consumption. The remaining uses are as a flux for electric welding rods and in certain metallurgical and electronic applications. Being non toxic and biologically passive, it is even used in sweets, cosmetics, toothpaste and in sunscreens to absorb ultraviolet rays. 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/24768/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameTitania slag - 94% titanium dioxide (vanadium-titanomagnetite mine operation and beneficiation)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMined Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2018
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_titania_slag_94_percent_titanium_dioxide_vanadium_titanomagnetite_mine_operation_and_beneficiation
UUID
4ac8292f-8145-4012-be1a-b0979cefa43f
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