Emission Factor

Rare earth oxide concentrate - 50% REO (market for)

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The activity generating the emissions is market for rare earth oxide concentrate, 50% REO. The reference product is rare earth oxide concentrate, 50% REO. Rare earth oxide concentrate, 50% REO is a metal. It has a 50% rare earth oxide (REO) concentrate content of cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, samarium, europium and gadolinium. Cerium, europium, neodymium, samarium, praseodymium and gadolinium are Light Rare Earth Elements (LREE) while lanthanum is Heavy Rare Earth Element (HREE). It is the direct product from mining and beneficiation and a by-product from scandium oxide production. It is in a form of powder. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: production of rechargeable batteries for electric and hybrid cars, advanced ceramics, computers, DVD players, wind turbines, catalysts in cars and oil refineries, monitors, televisions, lighting, lasers, fiber optics, superconductors and glass polishing. 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/22915/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameRare earth oxide concentrate - 50% REO (market for)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMetals
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2017
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_rare_earth_oxide_concentrate_50_percent_reo_market_for_rare_earth_oxide_concentrate_50_percent_reo
UUID
e399c64d-1295-440d-b38b-b728491ac325
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