Aluminium - wrought alloy (aluminium ingot - primary - to market)
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Emission factor summary
The activity generating the emissions is aluminium ingot, primary, to aluminium, wrought alloy market. The Reference Product is aluminium, wrought alloy. Aluminium, wrought alloy is a metal. It is a metal alloy with aluminium as the predominant compound that is a post-transition metal. It is by-product from the treatment of aluminium scrap. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: extrusion applications, electrical conductors and bus bars, aircraft airframes, cooking utensils, welding rods, pressure vessels, motorcycle frames, sheeting. 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/1318/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Aluminium - wrought alloy (aluminium ingot - primary - to market) |
| Sector | Materials and Manufacturing |
| Category | Metals |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12 |
| Region | |
Unit Type | |
| Year | 2015 |
| Year Released | 2025 |
| Emission Factor |
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| Scopes | 3.1 |
LCA Activity | source_specific |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
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