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Gold (gold refinery operation)

123.45

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'gold' is a metal. It is soft and yellow it is the most ductile and malleable of the metals. Refined gold has a purity of 99.50% and it is a transition metal. It is the direct product of mining beneficiation and smelting gold ore after being mined and beneficiated while it is the by-product of platinum group metals extraction and refinery operations. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: coinage ornaments jewellery gilding textile industry electronics for high conductivity and suppressing secondary emissions gold-plated grid wire etc. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

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NameGold (gold refinery operation)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMetals
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10
Region
Year
2017
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
Scopes
XX,XX
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
xxx
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 22Version log
  • Replaced by: 35448ddd-87b4-4a23-95b2-68afcf0823e9

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