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materials/metals/steel v1.0.0

steel production, blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace, unalloyed

This dataset, originally based on the ecoinvent 3.8 cutoff process "steel production, converter, unalloyed" for the RER region, was modified by Harpprecht et al. (2025) to reflect steel …

Reference product
steel, unalloyed
Geography
GLO
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 2.41218 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/steel v1.0.0

steel production, blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace, low-alloyed

This dataset is based on the ecoinvent 3.8 cutoff process "steel production, converter, low-alloyed" for the RER region, and was modified by Harpprecht et al. (2025) to represent …

Reference product
steel, low-alloyed
Geography
GLO
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 2.34631 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

lithium hydroxide production, battery grade

Source: Jarod C. Kelly, Michael Wang, Qiang Dai, Olumide Winjobi, Energy, greenhouse gas, and water life cycle analysis of lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide monohydrate from brine and …

Reference product
lithium hydroxide, battery grade
Geography
GLO
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 433.943 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

lithium carbonate production, from Chaerhan salt lake

Source: Regionalized life cycle assessment of present and future lithium production for Li-ion batteries. Vanessa Schenker, Christopher Oberschelp, Stephan Pfister.

Reference product
lithium carbonate, battery grade
Geography
CN
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 343.646 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

lithium carbonate precipitation 2

Source: Regionalized life cycle assessment of present and future lithium production for Li-ion batteries. Vanessa Schenker, Christopher Oberschelp, Stephan Pfister.

Reference product
lithium carbonate, precipitated
Geography
CN
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 12.6021 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

lithium carbonate precipitation 1

Source: Regionalized life cycle assessment of present and future lithium production for Li-ion batteries. Vanessa Schenker, Christopher Oberschelp, Stephan Pfister.

Reference product
lithium carbonate, precipitated
Geography
CN
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 13.2601 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

lithium brine purifying, via membrane separation

Source: Regionalized life cycle assessment of present and future lithium production for Li-ion batteries. Vanessa Schenker, Christopher Oberschelp, Stephan Pfister.

Reference product
lithium brine, purified
Geography
CN
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 2.6188 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

lithium brine filtering, via ion exchanger

Source: Regionalized life cycle assessment of present and future lithium production for Li-ion batteries. Vanessa Schenker, Christopher Oberschelp, Stephan Pfister.

Reference product
lithium brine, filtered
Geography
CN
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 0.0455804 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

lithium brine production, from Li-ion selective adsorption

Source: Regionalized life cycle assessment of present and future lithium production for Li-ion batteries. Vanessa Schenker, Christopher Oberschelp, Stephan Pfister.

Reference product
lithium brine, from Li-ion selective adsorption
Geography
CN
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 0.0131123 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

water, pure, via reverse osmosis

Source: Regionalized life cycle assessment of present and future lithium production for Li-ion batteries. Vanessa Schenker, Christopher Oberschelp, Stephan Pfister.

Reference product
water, pure
Geography
CN
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 0.00255769 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

lithium carbonate production, from Salar del Hombre Muerto

Source: Regionalized life cycle assessment of present and future lithium production for Li-ion batteries. Vanessa Schenker, Christopher Oberschelp, Stephan Pfister.

Reference product
lithium carbonate, battery grade
Geography
AR
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 313.77 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

lithium carbonate precipitation 2, from Salar del Hombre Muerto

Source: Regionalized life cycle assessment of present and future lithium production for Li-ion batteries. Vanessa Schenker, Christopher Oberschelp, Stephan Pfister.

Reference product
lithium carbonate, precipitated
Geography
AR
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 11.5092 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

lithium carbonate precipitation 1, from Salar del Hombre Muerto

Source: Regionalized life cycle assessment of present and future lithium production for Li-ion batteries. Vanessa Schenker, Christopher Oberschelp, Stephan Pfister.

Reference product
lithium carbonate, precipitated
Geography
AR
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 9.74379 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

lithium brine production, manganese removal, from Salar del Hombre Muerto

Source: Regionalized life cycle assessment of present and future lithium production for Li-ion batteries. Vanessa Schenker, Christopher Oberschelp, Stephan Pfister.

Reference product
lithium brine, manganese-free
Geography
AR
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 0.560171 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

lithium brine production, boron removal, from Salar del Hombre Muerto

Source: Regionalized life cycle assessment of present and future lithium production for Li-ion batteries. Vanessa Schenker, Christopher Oberschelp, Stephan Pfister.

Reference product
lithium brine, boron-free
Geography
AR
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 0.244277 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

lithium brine production, from evaporation pond, from Salar del Hombre Muerto

Source: Regionalized life cycle assessment of present and future lithium production for Li-ion batteries. Vanessa Schenker, Christopher Oberschelp, Stephan Pfister.

Reference product
lithium brine, from evaporation pond
Geography
AR
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 0.16011 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

lithium carbonate production, from Salar de Cauchari-Olaroz

Source: Regionalized life cycle assessment of present and future lithium production for Li-ion batteries. Vanessa Schenker, Christopher Oberschelp, Stephan Pfister.

Reference product
lithium carbonate, battery grade
Geography
AR
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 391.811 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

lithium carbonate precipitation 2, from Salar de Cauchari-Olaroz

Source: Regionalized life cycle assessment of present and future lithium production for Li-ion batteries. Vanessa Schenker, Christopher Oberschelp, Stephan Pfister.

Reference product
lithium carbonate, precipitated
Geography
AR
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 14.7562 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

lithium carbonate precipitation 1, from Salar de Cauchari-Olaroz

Source: Regionalized life cycle assessment of present and future lithium production for Li-ion batteries. Vanessa Schenker, Christopher Oberschelp, Stephan Pfister.

Reference product
lithium carbonate, precipitated
Geography
AR
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 10.9063 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

lithium brine production, sulfate removal, from Salar de Cauchari-Olaroz

Source: Regionalized life cycle assessment of present and future lithium production for Li-ion batteries. Vanessa Schenker, Christopher Oberschelp, Stephan Pfister.

Reference product
lithium brine, sulfate-free
Geography
AR
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 0.177084 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

lithium brine production, lime removal, from Salar de Cauchari-Olaroz

Source: Regionalized life cycle assessment of present and future lithium production for Li-ion batteries. Vanessa Schenker, Christopher Oberschelp, Stephan Pfister.

Reference product
lithium brine, lime-free
Geography
AR
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 0.17549 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

lithium brine production, manganese removal, from Salar de Cauchari-Olaroz

Source: Regionalized life cycle assessment of present and future lithium production for Li-ion batteries. Vanessa Schenker, Christopher Oberschelp, Stephan Pfister.

Reference product
lithium brine, manganese-free
Geography
AR
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 0.173522 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

lithium brine production, boron removal, from Salar de Cauchari-Olaroz

Source: Regionalized life cycle assessment of present and future lithium production for Li-ion batteries. Vanessa Schenker, Christopher Oberschelp, Stephan Pfister.

Reference product
lithium brine, boron-free
Geography
AR
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 0.962974 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

lithium brine production, from evaporation pond, from Salar de Cauchari-Olaroz

Source: Regionalized life cycle assessment of present and future lithium production for Li-ion batteries. Vanessa Schenker, Christopher Oberschelp, Stephan Pfister.

Reference product
lithium brine, from evaporation pond
Geography
AR
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 0.651997 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/lithium v1.0.0

lithium carbonate production, from Salar de Olaroz

Source: Regionalized life cycle assessment of present and future lithium production for Li-ion batteries. Vanessa Schenker, Christopher Oberschelp, Stephan Pfister.

Reference product
lithium carbonate, battery grade
Geography
AR
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 305.528 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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