Emission Factor

Cathode - for aluminium electrolysis (cathode production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is cathode production, for aluminium electrolysis. The reference product is cathode, for aluminium electrolysis. The cathode represents the negative electrode in the aluminium electrolysis. On the cathode, positively charged aluminium ions gain electrons from the cathode and form molten aluminium. 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/8077/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameCathode - for aluminium electrolysis (cathode production)
SectorEquipment
CategoryElectronics
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1995
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
electronics-type_cathode_for_aluminium_electrolysis_cathode_production_for_aluminium_electrolysis
UUID
c090ba3e-f3ae-4710-bfd8-2d76e4f17c5e
Code Snippet
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