Palladium (platinum group metal - extraction and refinery operations)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'palladium' is a metal. It is rare silvery-white that resembles platinum and it is a transition metal. It is a direct product of the joint production of platinum nickel copper and rhodium and a by-product of platinum group metal extraction and refinery operations. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: catalytic converters for cars in jewellery and some dental fillings and crowns in the electronics industry in ceramic capacitors found in laptop computers and mobile phones catalyst for hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.