Emission Factor

Ground granulated blast furnace slag (production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is ground granulated blast furnace slag production. The reference product is ground granulated blast furnace slag. The product "ground granulated blast furnace slag" represents the treatment of molten blast furnace slag, producing an output of ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS, also referred to as slag cement). The ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) is a by-product of iron manufacturing which when added to concrete improves its properties such as workability, strength and durability. This material is obtained by the heating of iron ore, limestone and coke at a temperature about 1500 degree Celsius. 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/19896/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameGround granulated blast furnace slag (production)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryOther Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2014
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
other_materials-type_ground_granulated_blast_furnace_slag_ground_granulated_blast_furnace_slag_production
UUID
730338e6-798e-4fc8-955e-40e0755a7ce4
Code Snippet
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