Emission Factor

Zircon (heavy mineral sand quarry operation and titania slag production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is heavy mineral sand quarry operation and titania slag production. The reference product is zircon. Zircon is a mineral. Zircon (zircon sand), or zirconium silicate, is the main commercial zirconium mineral and it is a transition metal. It is the direct product of mining and mineral separation activities and a by-product of titania slag production. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: ceramic, refractory and foundry industries, production of hafnium sponge and zirconium sponge. 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/20602/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameZircon (heavy mineral sand quarry operation and titania slag production)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMined Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2015
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_zircon_heavy_mineral_sand_quarry_operation_and_titania_slag_production
UUID
4cb3c588-b256-4f9a-9658-5bb52c4ef80e
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