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Sponge iron (production)
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The activity generating the emissions is sponge iron production. The reference product is sponge iron. Sponge iron is a metal. Sponge iron has a 82% iron content, which is a transition metal. It is an intermediate product, generated during the production of crude steel. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: steel production. 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/21423/documentation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Sponge iron (production) |
| Sector | Materials and Manufacturing |
| Category | Metals |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11 |
| Region | |
Unit Type | |
| Year | 2000 |
| Year Released | 2024 |
| Emission Factor |
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LCA Activity | unknown |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
| Data Versioning |
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Activity ID
metals-type_sponge_iron_sponge_iron_production
UUID
f843ac84-80f6-4864-8549-a75401f9b9e7
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