Emission Factor

Steel - chromium steel 18/8 (steel production - electric)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is steel production, electric, chromium steel 18/8. The reference product is steel, chromium steel 18/8. Steel, chromium steel 18/8 is a metal. It has a composition of 68.6% Fe, 9.3% Ni, 19.0% Cr and 0.08% C. Iron, nickel and chromium are transition metals while carbon is a non metal. It is a direct product of an electric arc furnace (EAF) and an argon-oxygen decarburisation (AOD) refining vessel. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: culinary uses (kitchen sinks, cutlery, cookware), surgical tools and medical equipment (hemostats, surgical implants, temporary crowns in dentistry), architecture (bridges, monuments and sculptures, airport roofs), automotive and aerospace applications (auto bodies, rail cars, aircraft). 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/9586/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameSteel - chromium steel 18/8 (steel production - electric)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMetals
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2013
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_steel_chromium_steel_18_8_steel_production_electric_chromium_steel_18_8
UUID
f2475157-53d4-46c1-b146-c3d866509a0a
Code Snippet
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