Emission Factor

Platinum (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for platinum. The reference product is platinum. Platinum is a metal. It is silvery-white, hard, extremely dense and it is a transition metal. It is a direct product of the joint production of palladium, nickel, copper, and rhodium, and it is a by-product of platinum group metal mine operation, ore with high palladium content. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: jewelery manufacturing, catalytic converters, metal alloys, other industrial applications. 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/8500/documentation.

PropertyValue
NamePlatinum (market for)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMetals
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2019
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
metals-type_platinum_market_for_platinum
UUID
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