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Silver (treatment of precious metal from electronics scrap - in anode slime - precious metal extraction)

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Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'silver' is a metal. It has a lustrous white appearence. Refined silver has a purity of 99.50% and it is a transition metal. It is a direct product of the Merrill-Crowe process dried smelted and finally refined with the Wohlwill and Möbius electrolysis. It is also a by-product of gold-silver mine operation with refinery and primary zinc production from concentrate. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: many different industrial applications photography jewellery etc The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

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NameSilver (treatment of precious metal from electronics scrap - in anode slime - precious metal extraction)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10
Region
Year
2000
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
Scopes
XX,XX
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
xxx
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

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