Scope, source, release context, and stable identifying information.
Description
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 anodes based on industrial primary data. J Clean Prod 2022;336:130474. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JCLEPRO.2022.130474.
Source
Scientific journal publication
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 anodes based on industrial primary data. J Clean Prod 2022;336:130474. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JCLEPRO.2022.130474.
Dataset detailsExpandCollapse
Dataset details
Classification
Graphite (materials/carbon-materials/graphite)
Background database
ecoinvent / 3.9
Background system model
cut-off
Biosphere database
ecoinvent / 3.9
Bookmarks
0
Raw file downloads
0
Generated export downloads
1
These are the source profiles for this version. Foreground modelling assumptions and allocation belong in the dataset description.
Scale, utilization, production, and lifetime data. Missing values remain visible to guide future metadata improvements.
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
Inventory workspace
Inventory & impacts
Inspect every exchange and its contribution to the selected EF v3.1 indicator.
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.
Acidification0.0365359
mol H+-Eq / kilogram
Climate change11.5871
kg CO2-Eq / kilogram
Freshwater ecotoxicity27.6653
CTUe / kilogram
Freshwater eutrophication0.00196931
kg P-Eq / kilogram
Marine eutrophication0.00839531
kg N-Eq / kilogram
Photochemical ozone formation0.0349065
kg NMVOC-Eq / kilogram
Resource use, fossils140.244
MJ, net calorific value / kilogram
Resource use, minerals and metals2.2600e-05
kg Sb-Eq / kilogram
Water use40.6183
m3 world Eq deprived / 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
Acidification0.0365359
mol H+-Eq / kilogram
Climate change11.5871
kg CO2-Eq / kilogram
Freshwater ecotoxicity27.6653
CTUe / kilogram
Freshwater eutrophication0.00196931
kg P-Eq / kilogram
Marine eutrophication0.00839531
kg N-Eq / kilogram
Terrestrial eutrophication0.10743
mol N-Eq / kilogram
Human toxicity, cancer5.1417e-09
CTUh / kilogram
Human toxicity, non-cancer1.0798e-07
CTUh / kilogram
Ionising radiation1.63343
kBq U235-Eq / kilogram
Land use36.6487
dimensionless / kilogram
Ozone depletion6.9877e-07
kg CFC-11-Eq / kilogram
Particulate matter2.6708e-07
disease incidence / kilogram
Photochemical ozone formation0.0349065
kg NMVOC-Eq / kilogram
Resource use, fossils140.244
MJ, net calorific value / kilogram
Resource use, minerals and metals2.2600e-05
kg Sb-Eq / kilogram
Water use40.6183
m3 world Eq deprived / kilogram
Calculation details
Profile uvek-2025-ef-v3-1-4e70d56a85b1 · artifact
4e70d56a85b1 · calculated
2026-09-30 13:44 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 production, coated
CN
natural graphite, coated
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
0.06
kilogram
Metadata (1)
Comment
64.407 kg CO2/t
0mol H+-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0.062407kg CO2-Eq / kilogram
0.5% of total
0CTUe / kilogram
0.0% of total
0kg P-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0kg N-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0mol N-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0CTUh / kilogram
0.0% of total
0CTUh / kilogram
0.0% of total
0kBq U235-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0dimensionless / kilogram
0.0% of total
0kg CFC-11-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0disease incidence / kilogram
0.0% of total
0kg NMVOC-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0MJ, net calorific value / kilogram
0.0% of total
0kg Sb-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0m3 world Eq deprived / kilogram
0.0% of total
EF biosphere factor
Nitrogen
air
1.50e-03
kilogram
Metadata (1)
Comment
1.5 kg N/t
0mol H+-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0kg CO2-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0CTUe / kilogram
0.0% of total
0kg P-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0kg N-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0mol N-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0CTUh / kilogram
0.0% of total
0CTUh / kilogram
0.0% of total
0kBq U235-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0dimensionless / kilogram
0.0% of total
0kg CFC-11-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0disease incidence / kilogram
0.0% of total
0kg NMVOC-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0MJ, net calorific value / kilogram
0.0% of total
0kg Sb-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0m3 world Eq deprived / kilogram
0.0% of total
EF biosphere factor
Inputs
Technosphere inputs
8 rows
Linked foreground or background product inputs used by this dataset.
Exchange
Reference / categories
Amount
Unit
Metadata
Climate change contribution
market for transport, freight, lorry, unspecified
RoW
transport, freight, lorry, unspecified
0.75
ton kilometer
Metadata (1)
Comment
pitch supply (750 km)
0.00337403mol H+-Eq / kilogram
9.2% of total
0.810466kg CO2-Eq / kilogram
7.0% of total
2.11691CTUe / kilogram
7.7% of total
9.1510e-05kg P-Eq / kilogram
4.6% of total
0.00127348kg N-Eq / kilogram
15.2% of total
0.0136182mol N-Eq / kilogram
12.7% of total
3.1472e-10CTUh / kilogram
6.1% of total
7.0678e-09CTUh / kilogram
6.5% of total
0.161568kBq U235-Eq / kilogram
9.9% of total
6.23667dimensionless / kilogram
17.0% of total
1.2492e-07kg CFC-11-Eq / kilogram
17.9% of total
2.6616e-08disease incidence / kilogram
10.0% of total
0.00481581kg NMVOC-Eq / kilogram
13.8% of total
11.7453MJ, net calorific value / kilogram
8.4% of total
2.6986e-06kg Sb-Eq / kilogram
11.9% of total
1.2025m3 world Eq deprived / kilogram
3.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for transport, freight, lorry, unspecified
RoW
transport, freight, lorry, unspecified
1.78
ton kilometer
Metadata (1)
Comment
graphite sent from plant (1780 km)
0.00800769mol H+-Eq / kilogram
21.9% of total
1.92351kg CO2-Eq / kilogram
16.6% of total
5.02412CTUe / kilogram
18.2% of total
0.000217184kg P-Eq / kilogram
11.0% of total
0.0030224kg N-Eq / kilogram
36.0% of total
0.0323206mol N-Eq / kilogram
30.1% of total
7.4694e-10CTUh / kilogram
14.5% of total
1.6774e-08CTUh / kilogram
15.5% of total
0.383454kBq U235-Eq / kilogram
23.5% of total
14.8017dimensionless / kilogram
40.4% of total
2.9648e-07kg CFC-11-Eq / kilogram
42.4% of total
6.3167e-08disease incidence / kilogram
23.7% of total
0.0114295kg NMVOC-Eq / kilogram
32.7% of total
27.8756MJ, net calorific value / kilogram
19.9% of total
6.4046e-06kg Sb-Eq / kilogram
28.3% of total
2.85394m3 world Eq deprived / kilogram
7.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market group for electricity, medium voltage
CN
electricity, medium voltage
4.55
kilowatt hour
Metadata (1)
Comment
4550 kWh/t
0.00283834mol H+-Eq / kilogram
7.8% of total
3.26081kg CO2-Eq / kilogram
28.1% of total
9.46007CTUe / kilogram
34.2% of total
0.000667974kg P-Eq / kilogram
33.9% of total
0.000854113kg N-Eq / kilogram
10.2% of total
0.00799057mol N-Eq / kilogram
7.4% of total
1.6545e-09CTUh / kilogram
32.2% of total
3.3158e-08CTUh / kilogram
30.7% of total
0.317793kBq U235-Eq / kilogram
19.5% of total
12.7329dimensionless / kilogram
34.7% of total
9.5749e-09kg CFC-11-Eq / kilogram
1.4% of total
3.4244e-08disease incidence / kilogram
12.8% of total
0.00259815kg NMVOC-Eq / kilogram
7.4% of total
35.725MJ, net calorific value / kilogram
25.5% of total
1.2902e-06kg Sb-Eq / kilogram
5.7% of total
0.27848m3 world Eq deprived / kilogram
0.7% of total
BAFU:2025
market for diesel, burned in building machine
GLO
diesel, burned in building machine
0.01
megajoule
Metadata (1)
Comment
0.249 kg/t, for forklift
3.6614e-06mol H+-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0.00113256kg CO2-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0.00223834CTUe / kilogram
0.0% of total
4.5777e-08kg P-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
1.6476e-06kg N-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
1.7810e-05mol N-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
5.7975e-13CTUh / kilogram
0.0% of total
6.7608e-12CTUh / kilogram
0.0% of total
4.4712e-05kBq U235-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0.0012764dimensionless / kilogram
0.0% of total
2.3430e-11kg CFC-11-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
2.4376e-11disease incidence / kilogram
0.0% of total
6.5383e-06kg NMVOC-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0.0144701MJ, net calorific value / kilogram
0.0% of total
5.9173e-10kg Sb-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0.000202084m3 world Eq deprived / kilogram
0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for nitrogen, liquid
RoW
nitrogen, liquid
1.50e-03
kilogram
Metadata (1)
Comment
1.5 kg/t
1.1257e-06mol H+-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0.000335645kg CO2-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0.00096989CTUe / kilogram
0.0% of total
2.9826e-07kg P-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
2.1687e-07kg N-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
1.7221e-06mol N-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
3.1593e-13CTUh / kilogram
0.0% of total
2.4958e-12CTUh / kilogram
0.0% of total
0.000442981kBq U235-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0.00245663dimensionless / kilogram
0.0% of total
8.2370e-12kg CFC-11-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
6.4387e-12disease incidence / kilogram
0.0% of total
6.1002e-07kg NMVOC-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0.0076885MJ, net calorific value / kilogram
0.0% of total
4.7308e-10kg Sb-Eq / kilogram
0.0% of total
0.000143194m3 world Eq deprived / kilogram
0.0% of total
4.6273e-09disease incidence / kilogram
1.7% of total
0.000264509kg NMVOC-Eq / kilogram
0.8% of total
1.53154MJ, net calorific value / kilogram
1.1% of total
3.8666e-08kg Sb-Eq / kilogram
0.2% of total
0.00298269m3 world Eq deprived / kilogram
0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
market for transport, freight, sea, bulk carrier for dry goods
GLO
transport, freight, sea, bulk carrier for dry goods
10
ton kilometer
Metadata (1)
Comment
12500 km shipping for natural graphite
0.00221063mol H+-Eq / kilogram
6.1% of total
0.0688028kg CO2-Eq / kilogram
0.6% of total
0.151783CTUe / kilogram
0.5% of total
6.3964e-06kg P-Eq / kilogram
0.3% of total
0.000573158kg N-Eq / kilogram
6.8% of total
0.00633083mol N-Eq / kilogram
5.9% of total
2.3556e-11CTUh / kilogram
0.5% of total
2.3281e-10CTUh / kilogram
0.2% of total
0.0088895kBq U235-Eq / kilogram
0.5% of total
0.142257dimensionless / kilogram
0.4% of total
1.4608e-09kg CFC-11-Eq / kilogram
0.2% of total
1.8981e-09disease incidence / kilogram
0.7% of total
0.00169204kg NMVOC-Eq / kilogram
4.8% of total
0.908841MJ, net calorific value / kilogram
0.6% of total
2.2380e-08kg Sb-Eq / kilogram
0.1% of total
0.0103227m3 world Eq deprived / kilogram
0.0% of total
BAFU:2025
Parameters
Read-only definitions preserved with this inventory version. Values are supplied by the source; CLIC does not evaluate formulas or recalculate exchange amounts and impact scores from them.
No parameter definitions were supplied with this inventory snapshot.
Supply-chain graph
Direct technosphere and natural-resource inputs appear on the left; emissions appear on the right.
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Evidence and scrutiny
Quality & review
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Quality and maturity
TRL scaleHigher is more mature.9: routine commercial deployment8: commercial, but still niche or scaling7: first-commercial or advanced demonstration6: engineering-scale demonstration5: pilot or large prototype4: bench or lab validated3: research-stage conceptTechnology readiness level
123456789
earlymature
1 to 5 scaleLower is better.1: strong market- or operating-data basis2: commercially plausible, but still somewhat specific3: partly representative, with modelling or adaptation bias4: pilot, proxy-based, scaled-up, or prospective5: weak representation of the real technology stateTechnological representativeness
12345
strongweak
1 to 5 scaleLower is better.1: geography matches the claimed scope well2: regionally credible, but broader or less exact3: generic regional or global proxy4: weak proxy or clear geographic mismatch5: geography is effectively unsupportedGeographical representativeness
12345
strongweak
1 to 5 scaleLower is better.1: current for that technology class2: slightly dated, but still good3: dated enough to need caution4: stale, pilot-era, or prospective relative to current practice5: clearly not representative of the current stateTemporal representativeness
12345
strongweak
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