Silicon - solar grade (silicon production - electronics grade)
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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/1717/documentation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Silicon - solar grade (silicon production - electronics grade) |
| Sector | Materials and Manufacturing |
| Category | Chemical Products |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11 |
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Unit Type | |
| Year | 1992 |
| Year Released | 2024 |
| Emission Factor |
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LCA Activity | unknown |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
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