Emission Factor

Cadmium telluride - semiconductor-grade (cadmium telluride production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is cadmium telluride production, semiconductor-grade. The reference product is cadmium telluride, semiconductor-grade. Cadmium telluride, semiconductor-grade is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 001306-25-8. It is called tellanylidenecadmium under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: CdTe. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure as a powder. It is modelled as a 99.99% pure substance. 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: chemicals and electrical, electronic and optical equipment. 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/1830/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameCadmium telluride - semiconductor-grade (cadmium telluride production)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryChemical Products
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1985
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_cadmium_telluride_semiconductor_grade_cadmium_telluride_production_semiconductor_grade
UUID
ba704dfa-cbfe-4dd2-8289-711fc6e4d90a
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