Emission Factor

Casting - bronze (casting - bronze)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. This is delivering the service of 'casting bronze'. Bronze casting is the process where the molten bronze is poured into a mould to be shaped/casted in various shapes. In the service of brass casting the metal input is not included in this dataset. Thus this service should be used along with 1 kg of bronze. Moreover the service includes production infrastructure and energy consumption. Bronze in used in the construction of sculptures musical instruments and medals and in industrial applications such as bushings and bearings where its low metal on metal friction is an advantage. Bronze also has nautical applications because of its resistance to corrosion. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameCasting - bronze (casting - bronze)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMetals
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10
Region
Unit Type
Year
1996
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 20Version log
  • Replaced by: 94edb87f-6bd1-41ae-a793-124344d42c6f

API Reference

Activity ID
metals-type_casting_bronze_casting_bronze
UUID
f8eb4d63-696f-4b5e-8ea2-8e5479d96e91
Code Snippet
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