Emission Factor
Mercury (market for)
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Emission factor summary
The activity generating the emissions is market for mercury. The Reference Product is mercury. Mercury is a metal. It is silvery-white and shiny that is liquid at room temperature and it is a transition metal. It is a direct product of rotary kiln and multiple-hearth furnaces processes. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: thermometers, mercury vapour diffussion pumps, mercury cells in the chlor-alkali electrolysis, etc. 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/149/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Mercury (market for) |
| Sector | Materials and Manufacturing |
| Category | Metals |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12 |
| Region | |
Unit Type | |
| Year | 2011 |
| Year Released | 2025 |
| Emission Factor |
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| Scopes | 3.1 |
LCA Activity | cradle_to_consumer |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
| Data Versioning |
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Activity ID
metals-type_mercury_market_for_mercury
UUID
814b3603-b52e-4d35-b925-0901b86385b2
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