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Pig iron (market for)

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The activity generating the emissions is market for pig iron. The Reference Product is pig iron. Pig iron is a metal. Pig iron contains about 90-95% of elemental iron together with several other elements mainly carbon, silicon, phosphorus, manganese, and sulfur – in varying proportions depending on the compositions of the raw materials and the mode of an operating blast furnace. It is a transition metal. It is an intermediate product, generated by smelting iron ore in a blast furnace. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: in an electric arc furnace for steelmaking, in foundries for producing ductile iron castings, in foundry pig iron in grey iron castings. 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/23584/documentation

PropertyValue
NamePig iron (market for)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMetals
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2020
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
cradle_to_consumer
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
metals-type_pig_iron_market_for_pig_iron
UUID
76b1ce38-0b0d-495e-a5a8-63eb750220fc
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