Emission Factor
Silver (silver-gold mine operation with refinery)
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Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'silver' is a metal. It has a lustrous white appearence. Refined silver has a purity of 99.50% and it is a transition metal. It is a direct product of the Merrill-Crowe process dried smelted and finally refined with the Wohlwill and Möbius electrolysis. It is also a by-product of gold-silver mine operation with refinery and primary zinc production from concentrate. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: many different industrial applications photography jewellery etc The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.
Property | Value |
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Name | Silver (silver-gold mine operation with refinery) |
Sector | Materials and Manufacturing |
Category | Mined Materials |
Source | ecoinvent |
Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10 |
Region | |
Unit Type | |
Year | 2002 |
Year Released | 2023 |
Emission Factor |
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LCA Activity | unknown |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
Data Versioning |
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API Reference
Activity ID
mined_materials-type_silver_silver_gold_mine_operation_with_refinery
UUID
bd5be393-f0b9-4748-b4de-979cff615987
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