Emission Factor

Aluminium oxide - metallurgical (aluminium oxide production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is aluminium oxide production. The Reference Product is aluminium oxide, metallurgical. Aluminium oxide, metallurgical is a metal. It is an inorganic chemical compound. Aluminium is a post-transition metal. It is produced from the calcination of aluminum hydroxide. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: production of aluminium metal, it can be used for industrial ceramics, widely used in the medical industry, military and protective equipment manufacturing, electrical and electronics industry, jewelery manufactruring, other industrial applications like filler in plastics, bricks, other heavy clayware, abrasive for sandpaper, production of piping components such as elbows, tees, straight pipes, hydro cyclones, reducers, nozzles, and valves, various machining tools, cutting tools, thermocouple sheaths, wear-resistant pump impellers, and baffle plates. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/21387/documentation

PropertyValue
NameAluminium oxide - metallurgical (aluminium oxide production)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMetals
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2019
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
metals-type_aluminium_oxide_metallurgical_aluminium_oxide_production
UUID
6ec6814d-e5b2-44dd-b9eb-6f744d511b53
Code Snippet
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