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Ferrosilicon (production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is ferrosilicon production. The Reference Product is ferrosilicon. Ferrosilicon is a metal. It is an alloy of iron with silicon as alloying element. Iron is a transition metal while silicon is a metalloid. It is the direct product of electric arc furnace. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: steel production, other metal manufacturing. 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/11517/documentation

PropertyValue
NameFerrosilicon (production)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMetals
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent) (ECOINVENT_ROW)
Unit Type
Weight
Year
2008
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_ferrosilicon_ferrosilicon_production
UUID
90b4f6f7-ef0b-445a-8f1f-1e3b3c4ae03c
Code Snippet
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