Cadmium (production - primary)

The activity generating the emissions is cadmium production, primary. The Reference Product is cadmium. Cadmium is a metal. It has a soft, silvery-white appearance and it is a transition metal. It is a direct product of oxidation and electrowinning and a by-product of primary zinc production from concentrate. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: batteries, alloys, coatings (electroplating), solar cells, plastic stabilizers, pigments, in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/11907/documentation