Emission Factor

Uranium hexafluoride (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for uranium hexafluoride. The Reference Product is uranium hexafluoride. Uranium hexafluoride is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 007783-81-5 . It is called uranium hexafluoride under IUPAC naming and it is also known as "hex" in the nuclear industry and its molecular formula is: UF6. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure, while it is colourless. It is modelled as a pure substance. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on a consumer level. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: to power commercial nuclear reactors that produce electricity and to produce isotopes used for medical, industrial, and defense purposes. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/17535/documentation

PropertyValue
NameUranium hexafluoride (market for)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryChemical Products
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2011
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
cradle_to_consumer
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
chemicals-type_uranium_hexafluoride_market_for_uranium_hexafluoride
UUID
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