Uranium hexafluoride (market for)
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Emission factor summary
The activity generating the emissions is market for uranium hexafluoride. The Reference Product is uranium hexafluoride. Uranium hexafluoride is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 007783-81-5 . It is called uranium hexafluoride under IUPAC naming and it is also known as "hex" in the nuclear industry and its molecular formula is: UF6. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure, while it is colourless. It is modelled as a pure substance. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on a consumer level. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: to power commercial nuclear reactors that produce electricity and to produce isotopes used for medical, industrial, and defense purposes. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/18402/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Uranium hexafluoride (market for) |
| Sector | Materials and Manufacturing |
| Category | Chemical Products |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12 |
| Region | |
Unit Type | |
| Year | 2018 |
| Year Released | 2025 |
| Emission Factor |
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| Scopes | 3.1 |
LCA Activity | cradle_to_consumer |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
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