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materials/carbon-materials/graphite v1.0.0

synthetic graphite production

Surovtseva, D, Crossin, E, Pell, R, Stamford, L. Toward a life cycle inventory for graphite production. J Ind Ecol. 2022; 26: 964– 979. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13234. The graphite is > …

Reference product
synthetic graphite, 99% pure
Geography
CN
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 14.411 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/carbon-materials/graphite v1.0.0

graphite precursor production

Surovtseva, D, Crossin, E, Pell, R, Stamford, L. Toward a life cycle inventory for graphite production. J Ind Ecol. 2022; 26: 964– 979. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13234. Calcined coke is then …

Reference product
grahite precursor
Geography
CN
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 13.6831 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/carbon-materials/graphite v1.0.0

needle coke production

Surovtseva, D, Crossin, E, Pell, R, Stamford, L. Toward a life cycle inventory for graphite production. J Ind Ecol. 2022; 26: 964– 979. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13234. Green coke is further …

Reference product
needle coke
Geography
CN
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 9.08708 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/carbon-materials/graphite v1.0.0

crude oil extraction

Surovtseva, D, Crossin, E, Pell, R, Stamford, L. Toward a life cycle inventory for graphite production. J Ind Ecol. 2022; 26: 964– 979. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13234

Reference product
crude oil
Geography
CN
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 0.308049 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/carbon-materials/graphite v1.0.0

coal coking, for coal tar pitch production

Surovtseva, D, Crossin, E, Pell, R, Stamford, L. Toward a life cycle inventory for graphite production. J Ind Ecol. 2022; 26: 964– 979. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13234. Coal is a common …

Reference product
tar pitch
Geography
CN
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 26.7252 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/carbon-materials/graphite v1.0.0

graphite ore mining

Graphite ore mining. Diesel additive to ammonium nitrate is not used, as "market for explosive" is available instead. Source: Engels P, Cerdas F, Dettmer T, Frey C, Hentschel …

Reference product
graphite ore, mined
Geography
CN
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 0.0170062 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/carbon-materials/graphite v1.0.0

natural graphite concentration

Floation process for natural graphite. Missing input for pine oil, used as floation reagent. Missing ceramic grinding media. Source: Engels P, Cerdas F, Dettmer T, Frey C, Hentschel …

Reference product
graphite ore, concentrated
Geography
CN
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 0.745001 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/carbon-materials/graphite v1.0.0

natural graphite spheronization

Purification process for natural graphite. Source: Engels P, Cerdas F, Dettmer T, Frey C, Hentschel J, Herrmann C, et al. Life cycle assessment of natural graphite production for …

Reference product
graphite, spherical
Geography
CN
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 3.16078 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/carbon-materials/graphite v1.0.0

graphite purification

Purification process for natural graphite. Source: Engels P, Cerdas F, Dettmer T, Frey C, Hentschel J, Herrmann C, et al. Life cycle assessment of natural graphite production for …

Reference product
graphite, purified
Geography
CN
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 5.35518 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/carbon-materials/graphite v1.0.0

natural graphite production, coated

Purified natural graphite. Source: Engels P, Cerdas F, Dettmer T, Frey C, Hentschel J, Herrmann C, et al. Life cycle assessment of natural graphite production for lithium-ion battery …

Reference product
natural graphite, coated
Geography
CN
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 11.5871 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/cobalt v1.0.0

cobalt sulfate production, from copper mining, economic allocation

This dataset represents cobalt sulfate production in China from cobalt hydroxide, adapted from the GREET cobalt update by Dai et al. (2018). The original inventory is reported per …

Reference product
cobalt sulfate
Geography
CN
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 11.0452 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/cobalt v1.0.0

cobalt sulfate production, from copper mining, mass allocation

This dataset represents cobalt sulfate production in China from cobalt hydroxide, adapted from the GREET cobalt update by Dai et al. (2018). The original inventory is reported per …

Reference product
cobalt sulfate
Geography
CN
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 5.66071 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/cobalt v1.0.0

cobalt hydroxide, via hydrometallurigcal ore procesing, economic allocation

Cobalt hydroxide from hydrometallurgical ore processing, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The cobalt-copper ore comes 20% from artisanal mines, 80% from industrial mines. Adapted in Arvidsson, …

Reference product
cobalt hydroxide
Geography
CD
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 9.30292 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/cobalt v1.0.0

cobalt hydroxide, via hydrometallurigcal ore procesing, mass allocation

Cobalt hydroxide from hydrometallurgical ore processing, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The cobalt-copper ore comes 20% from artisanal mines, 80% from industrial mines. Adapted in Arvidsson, …

Reference product
cobalt hydroxide
Geography
CD
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 4.34852 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/cobalt v1.0.0

copper-cobalt mining, industrial, mass allocation

Copper-cobalt industrial mining, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The only technosphere input is diesel for the caterpillar. Adapted in Arvidsson, R., Chordia, M. & Nordelöf, A. …

Reference product
copper-cobalt ore
Geography
CD
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 0.0112096 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/cobalt v1.0.0

copper-cobalt mining, industrial, economic allocation

Copper-cobalt industrial mining, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The only technosphere input is diesel for the caterpillar. Adapted in Arvidsson, R., Chordia, M. & Nordelöf, A. …

Reference product
copper-cobalt ore
Geography
CD
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 0.0368487 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/cobalt v1.0.0

copper-cobalt mining, artisanal

Copper-cobalt artisanal mining, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It does not have any inputs from the technosphere. Arvidsson, R., Chordia, M. & Nordelöf, A. Quantifying the …

Reference product
copper-cobalt ore
Geography
CD
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 0 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/cobalt v1.0.0

disodium disulphite

This dataset represents production of disodium disulphite as an inorganic sulfur-based process chemical used in the cobalt-processing foreground inventory. The underlying chemistry is consistent with Barbera et al. …

Reference product
disodium disulphite
Geography
GLO
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 1.32196 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/carbon-materials/carbon-fiber v1.0.0

carbon fiber production, weaved, at factory

1 kg of finished carbon fiber Toray T700 G. Carbon fiber manufacturing. Source: based on Ellringmann et al. (2016), Gill et al. (2016), Mützel (2012).

Reference product
carbon fiber, weaved
Geography
RER
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 62.6025 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/carbon-materials/carbon-fiber v1.0.0

carbon fiber production, fiber drying and sizing

1 kg of finished carbon fiber Toray T700 G. Carbon fiber manufacturing. Source: based on Ellringmann et al. (2016), Gill et al. (2016), Mützel (2012).

Reference product
carbon fiber, dried and sized
Geography
RER
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 62.4176 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/carbon-materials/carbon-fiber v1.0.0

carbon fiber production, exhaust gas treatment 2

1 kg of finished carbon fiber Toray T700 G. Carbon fiber manufacturing. Source: based on Ellringmann et al. (2016), Gill et al. (2016), Mützel (2012).

Reference product
carbon fiber production, exhaust gas treatment 2
Geography
RER
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 1.68651 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/carbon-materials/carbon-fiber v1.0.0

carbon fiber production, exhaust gas treatment 1

1 kg of finished carbon fiber Toray T700 G. Carbon fiber manufacturing. Source: based on Ellringmann et al. (2016), Gill et al. (2016), Mützel (2012).

Reference product
carbon fiber production, exhaust gas treatment 1
Geography
RER
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 0.00952296 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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