Graphite

natural graphite concentration

Reference product graphite ore, concentrated CN

Superseded Version 1.0.0

Stable dataset identity natural-graphite-concentration

Unit
kilogram
Reuse license
CC BY 4.0
Published
2026-07-15
Version
1.0.0
Technology maturity
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Published inventory

Overview

Process description and catalog context. View scientific metadata

Description

Production reference for 1 kg of the declared product through flotation concentration of graphite ore. The recorded stage and its upstream purchases define the represented scope.

Dataset details

Classification, keywords, bookmarks and download counts.

Classification
Graphite (materials/carbon-materials/graphite)
Bookmarks
0
Raw file downloads
0
Generated export downloads
3

Classification path: Materials > Carbon materials > Graphite

Bookmarking is available only on the latest published dataset record.

Metadata & sources Methods, scope, reference years, publications, contributors, projects and funding.

Source

Source documentation, background profiles and references.

Scientific journal publication

Philipp Engels; Felipe Cerdas; Tina Dettmer; Christoph Frey; Jan Hentschel; Christoph Herrmann; Tina Mirfabrikikar; Maximilian Schueler (2022). Life cycle assessment of natural graphite production for lithium-ion battery anodes based on industrial primary data. Journal of Cleaner Production336,130474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.130474

Background database
ecoinvent / 3.9
Background system model
cut-off
Biosphere database
ecoinvent / 3.9

These are the stored source profiles for this version. Foreground methodology is recorded in Scientific metadata.

Technology characterization Scale, utilization, production, lifetime, technology readiness and representativeness.
Commercial maturity stage
Mature commercial
Design capacity
Not provided
Design capacity unit
Not provided
Capacity factor
Not provided
Annual production volume
Not provided
Annual production volume unit
Not provided
Annual production volume year
Not provided
Plant lifetime
Not provided
TRL scale Higher is more mature. 9: routine commercial deployment 8: commercial, but still niche or scaling 7: first-commercial or advanced demonstration 6: engineering-scale demonstration 5: pilot or large prototype 4: bench or lab validated 3: research-stage concept Technology readiness level
1 to 5 scale Lower is better. 1: strong market- or operating-data basis 2: commercially plausible, but still somewhat specific 3: partly representative, with modelling or adaptation bias 4: pilot, proxy-based, scaled-up, or prospective 5: weak representation of the real technology state Technological representativeness
1 to 5 scale Lower is better. 1: geography matches the claimed scope well 2: regionally credible, but broader or less exact 3: generic regional or global proxy 4: weak proxy or clear geographic mismatch 5: geography is effectively unsupported Geographical representativeness
1 to 5 scale Lower is better. 1: current for that technology class 2: slightly dated, but still good 3: dated enough to need caution 4: stale, pilot-era, or prospective relative to current practice 5: clearly not representative of the current state Temporal representativeness

Missing exchange uncertainty generation: Not requested

Representativeness scores use a 1–5 scale when provided. Lower scores indicate a closer fit to the modeled technology, geography, or time period.

Inventory & impacts 12 exchanges · exchange table, supply-chain graph and environmental screening.

Precalculated screening profile

Environmental impacts

Results per kilogram, using UVEK 2025 and the ecoinvent 3.10 biosphere. Exchange rows are shaded from green to red by relative contribution to the selected indicator.

Climate change 0.745001 kg CO2-Eq / kilogram
Screening result

This screening result uses Brightpath mappings from the source background to UVEK 2025; mapped suppliers are not claims of scientific equivalence.

Show all 16 indicator totals
Acidification 0.00174225 mol H+-Eq / kilogram
Climate change 0.745001 kg CO2-Eq / kilogram
Freshwater ecotoxicity 0.783164 CTUe / kilogram
Freshwater eutrophication 9.0711e-05 kg P-Eq / kilogram
Marine eutrophication 0.000384003 kg N-Eq / kilogram
Terrestrial eutrophication 0.00858799 mol N-Eq / kilogram
Human toxicity, cancer 2.5099e-10 CTUh / kilogram
Human toxicity, non-cancer 4.3746e-09 CTUh / kilogram
Ionising radiation 0.0535112 kBq U235-Eq / kilogram
Land use -4.45036 dimensionless / kilogram
Ozone depletion 6.4513e-09 kg CFC-11-Eq / kilogram
Particulate matter 9.5692e-09 disease incidence / kilogram
Photochemical ozone formation 0.00239276 kg NMVOC-Eq / kilogram
Resource use, fossils 7.52613 MJ, net calorific value / kilogram
Resource use, minerals and metals 2.8187e-07 kg Sb-Eq / kilogram
Water use 13.8451 m3 world Eq deprived / kilogram
Calculation details

Profile uvek-2025-ef-v3-1-4e70d56a85b1 · artifact 4e70d56a85b1 · calculated 2026-11-03 09:06 UTC. These screening results do not replace a reviewed comparative LCA.

Dataset contents

Reference flows, emissions, technosphere inputs, and natural resources in this published snapshot.

Outputs

Reference flow 1 row Reference production exchanges extracted from the uploaded inventory.
Exchange Reference / categories Amount Unit Metadata Climate change contribution
natural graphite concentration
CN
graphite ore, concentrated
1
kilogram - Reference flow
Emissions 2 rows Elementary flows emitted from the dataset to the environment.
Exchange Reference / categories Amount Unit Metadata Climate change contribution
Carbon dioxide, fossil
air
0.18
kilogram
0.18333 kg CO2-Eq / kilogram 24.6% of total
EF biosphere factor
Water
air
0.32
cubic meter
0 kg CO2-Eq / kilogram 0.0% of total
EF biosphere factor

Inputs

Technosphere inputs 9 rows Linked foreground or background product inputs used by this dataset.
Exchange Reference / categories Amount Unit Metadata Climate change contribution
market group for electricity, medium voltage
CN
electricity, medium voltage
0.51
kilowatt hour
0.362631 kg CO2-Eq / kilogram 48.7% of total
BAFU:2025
market for diesel, burned in building machine
GLO
diesel, burned in building machine
0.04
megajoule
0.00453022 kg CO2-Eq / kilogram 0.6% of total
BAFU:2025
market for hard coal
CN
hard coal
0.05
kilogram
0.0123068 kg CO2-Eq / kilogram 1.7% of total
BAFU:2025
graphite ore, mined
9.59
kilogram
0.163089 kg CO2-Eq / kilogram 21.9% of total
market for diesel
RoW
diesel
1.55e-03
kilogram
0.00141208 kg CO2-Eq / kilogram 0.2% of total
BAFU:2025
market for tap water
RoW
tap water
22.03
kilogram
0.00296832 kg CO2-Eq / kilogram 0.4% of total
BAFU:2025
market for wastewater, average
RoW
wastewater, average
-0.02
cubic meter
-0.00599257 kg CO2-Eq / kilogram -0.8% of total
BAFU:2025
treatment of non-sulfidic tailing, off-site
GLO
non-sulfidic tailing, off-site
-8.6
kilogram -
0 kg CO2-Eq / kilogram 0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for transport, freight, lorry, unspecified
RoW
transport, freight, lorry, unspecified
0.02
ton kilometer
0.0207263 kg CO2-Eq / kilogram 2.8% of total
BAFU:2025
Parameters 0 source definitions · values, formulas and uncertainty.

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