Emission Factor

Steel - unalloyed (steel production - converter)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is steel production, converter, unalloyed. The reference product is steel, unalloyed. Steel, unalloyed is a metal. It is an iron and carbon alloy having a carbon content of 0.05 to a maximum of 2%. Iron is a transition metal and carbon is a non metal. It is a direct product of a basic oxygen furnace (BOF). It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: variety of sectors like buildings and infrastructure, mechanical equipment, automotive, other metal products, domestic appliances, electrical equipment. 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/9245/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameSteel - unalloyed (steel production - converter)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMetals
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2013
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
metals-type_steel_unalloyed_steel_production_converter_unalloyed
UUID
802d5386-f54a-4912-9dc9-1fe11f619980
Code Snippet
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