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Mischmetal (production - primary)
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The activity generating the emissions is mischmetal production, primary. The Reference Product is mischmetal. Mischmetal is a mixture of metals. The product contains 53% Ce, 21% La, 17% Nd, 6% Pr, 0.2% Sm, the rest consisting of Eu, Gd and others. It is produced from bastnaesite by wet chemical attack and fused salt electrolysis. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: metal hydride batteries and alloying constituent in HSLA steels. 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/2683/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Mischmetal (production - primary) |
| Sector | Materials and Manufacturing |
| Category | Metals |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12 |
| Region | |
Unit Type | |
| Year | 1968 |
| Year Released | 2025 |
| Emission Factor |
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| Scopes | 3.1 |
LCA Activity | source_specific |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
| Data Versioning |
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Activity ID
metals-type_mischmetal_mischmetal_production_primary
UUID
cbb37b18-ee3c-4a22-8f35-6225b12dc52f
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