Gold (treatment of precious metal from electronics scrap - in anode slime - precious metal extraction)
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Emission factor summary
The activity generating the emissions is treatment of precious metal from electronics scrap, in anode slime, precious metal extraction. The Reference Product is gold. Gold is a metal. It is soft and yellow, it is the most ductile and malleable of the metals. Refined gold has a purity of 99.50% and it is a transition metal. It is the direct product of mining, beneficiation and smelting gold ore, after being mined and beneficiated while it is the by-product of platinum group metals extraction and refinery operations. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: coinage, ornaments, jewellery, gilding, textile industry, electronics, for high conductivity and suppressing secondary emissions, gold-plated grid wire, etc. 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/8022/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Gold (treatment of precious metal from electronics scrap - in anode slime - precious metal extraction) |
| Sector | Waste |
| Category | Waste Management |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12 |
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Unit Type | |
| Year | 2000 |
| Year Released | 2025 |
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| Scopes | 3.5, 3.12 |
LCA Activity | source_specific |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
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