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Sodium borates (mine operation and beneficiation)

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The activity generating the emissions is sodium borates mine operation and beneficiation. The reference product is sodium borates. Sodium borates is a product that belongs to the metal sector. It is soft, silvery-white, highly reactive and alkali metal. It represents a mix of borax concentrates, with a content of 0.12824 kg of boron. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: mainly in the glass industry, also as household cleaner and a booster for laundry detergent. 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/26786/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameSodium borates (mine operation and beneficiation)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMined Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2005
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 29Version log
  • Replaced by: 6ebd4e47-cc5d-4630-a492-2dfb8a09bed2

API Reference

Activity ID
mined_materials-type_sodium_borates_sodium_borates_mine_operation_and_beneficiation
UUID
e3e3b204-7586-415d-bd27-647418ae8c4c
Code Snippet
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