Emission Factor

Quicklime - milled - loose (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for quicklime, milled, loose. The reference product is quicklime, milled, loose. The product "quicklime, milled, loose" represents 1 kg of milled quicklime produced by crushing, milling, filtering (cyclone), dedusting, transport by conveyor belt and storage. Quicklime is produced by the thermal decomposition of limestone. It consists mainly of calcium oxide (CaO), but has other components such as silicon dioxide (SiO2) and magnesium oxide (MgO). Its quality depends on many factors, including physical properties, degree of sintering and chemical composition. As the most readily available and cost effective alkali, quicklime plays an essential part in a wide variety of industrial processes. The difference between clinker and quicklime used for products in the binding agent industry is mainly the calcination temperature which is a maximum of 1450ºC for clinker and a maximum of 1200ºC for quicklime. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/15551/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameQuicklime - milled - loose (market for)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryBuilding Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2011
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
building_materials-type_quicklime_milled_loose_market_for_quicklime_milled_loose
UUID
c44332ce-9333-4fc2-b0ce-aa9b45a546f7
Code Snippet
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