Emission Factor

Anhydrite - burned (anhydrite production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is anhydrite production, burned. The reference product is anhydrite, burned. The product "anhydrite, burned" represents the natural CaSO4, calcinated from gypsum, milled. It is produced by burning of gypsum mineral and milling of anhydrite. Anhydrite, burned is used by the cement industry; it has to be finely ground for use as cast plaster floor. 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/1515/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameAnhydrite - burned (anhydrite production)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryBuilding Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1997
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1, 3.2
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
building_materials-type_anhydrite_burned_anhydrite_production_burned
UUID
fd5a2266-d0b0-467d-a64c-70a2659e6702
Code Snippet
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