Zinc coat - pieces (zinc coating - pieces)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. This is delivering the service of 'zinc coat, pieces'. Zinc coating is included in the process of hot-dip galvanized of semi-finished steel products and it is applied onto the surface of the steel as it is immersed into the molten zinc. The process includes the steps of degreasing, pickling, fluxing, galvanising and finishing. This service does not include the steel strip or sheet beeing coated. Thus, it should be used with an input of 1 m2 of semi-finished steel sheet. Zinc coating is used to improve the anti-corrosion performance of the steel so it will last longer, or to provide a decorative appearance. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.