Emission Factor

Silicon - solar grade (silicon production - electronics grade)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is silicon production, electronics grade. The reference product is silicon, solar grade. Silicon, solar grade is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 007440-21-3. It is called silicon under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: Si. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure with no information available about its odor. The substance is modelled with >98% purity Modelling this substance in a solution requires the user to add the solvent of their choice in their models. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on a consumer level. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: electronics 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/3823/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameSilicon - solar grade (silicon production - electronics grade)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryChemical Products
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1992
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
chemicals-type_silicon_solar_grade_silicon_production_electronics_grade
UUID
9ec7a80b-3f25-4037-b478-9a82533d5fd8
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