Emission Factor

Holmium oxide (rare earth oxides production - from rare earth carbonate concentrate)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is rare earth oxides production, from rare earth carbonate concentrate. The reference product is holmium oxide. Holmium is a lanthanide, a rare earth element, that is predominatly obtained from the ion adsorption clays of southern China - representing approximately 98% of world production. Holmium oxide (Ho2O3) is most commonly used as a red or yellow colourant for cubic zirconia and glass or in laser materials. 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/22710/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameHolmium oxide (rare earth oxides production - from rare earth carbonate concentrate)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMined Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2017
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
mined_materials-type_holmium_oxide_rare_earth_oxides_production_from_rare_earth_carbonate_concentrate
UUID
8090a092-f2c8-4575-876e-d9fc50ef8000
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