Nickel - class 1 (processing of nickel-rich materials)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'nickel class 1' is a metal. It has a silver-white appearance with a 99.70% purity or better. It is a transition metal. It is the direct product from the joint smelting and refining with copper while it is a by-product from mining extraction and refinery of platinum group metals. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: manufacturing of various metal alloys like stainless steel other ferrous or non-ferrous alloys and for other industrial uses like chemicals catalysts batteries welding rods coinage pigments for enamels/glasses/ceramics electronics printing inks. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.