Emission Factor

Rhodium (platinum group metal mine operation - ore with high palladium content)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is platinum group metal mine operation, ore with high palladium content. The reference product is rhodium. Rhodium is a metal. It is a noble metal, it is characterized as one of the most rare and valuable precious metals, and it is a transition metal. It is a by-product produced in the joint production of palladium, nickel, platinum, and copper. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: many industrial processes such as glass, glass fibre and nitric acid production, as catalyst in catalytic converters. 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/2673/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameRhodium (platinum group metal mine operation - ore with high palladium content)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMined Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1995
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 29Version log
  • Replaced by: b47e57ff-fc99-46a6-a689-ffefb20501b0

API Reference

Activity ID
mined_materials-type_rhodium_platinum_group_metal_mine_operation_ore_with_high_palladium_content
UUID
60796ac3-0632-41b9-a8c6-0389629c6a78
Code Snippet
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