Emission Factor

Aluminium - primary - cast alloy slab from continuous casting (aluminium production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is aluminium production, primary, cast alloy slab from continuous casting. The Reference Product is aluminium, primary, cast alloy slab from continuous casting. Aluminium, primary, cast alloy slab from continuous casting is a product that belongs to the metal sector. Aluminium is a post-transition metal. It is a direct product of direct chilled horizontal continuous casting. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: automotive industry, parts of small appliances, hand tools, lawnmowers, other machinery, cookware, etc. 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/12866/documentation

PropertyValue
NameAluminium - primary - cast alloy slab from continuous casting (aluminium production)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMetals
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2012
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_primary_cast_alloy_slab_from_continuous_casting_aluminium_production_primary_cast_alloy_slab_from_continuous_casting
UUID
76bc92ad-2bc9-428b-afbe-a15ee2d19452
Code Snippet
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