Emission Factor

Anode slime from electrorefining of copper - anode (electrorefining of copper)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is electrorefining of copper, anode. The reference product is anode slime from electrorefining of copper, anode. Anode slime from electrorefining of copper, anode is a product that belongs to the metal sector. It has a 17.61% copper content, which is a transition metal. It is a by-product generated from the copper electrorefining. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: it contains various important by-product metals (principally gold, silver, selenium & tellurium). Thus it is sold to precious metal recovery plants for further processing to recover the valuable metals. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/23565/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameAnode slime from electrorefining of copper - anode (electrorefining of copper)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMetals
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1994
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_anode_slime_from_electrorefining_of_copper_anode_electrorefining_of_copper_anode
UUID
e32ae222-c3e2-40e1-8091-e3a8518a08be
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