Platinum, primary/virgin

161420.1

Description

This dataset describes the joint production of 0.0339 kg of rhodium, 104 kg of copper, 147 kg of nickel, 99.5%, 0.678 kg of platinum, and 0.288 kg of palladium, in RSA in 2002. Inputs also the production of 0.264 kg of secondary palladium, 0.208 kg of secondary rhodium, and 0.528 kg of secondary platinum, by means of treatment of automobile catalysts, in 2002

Impacts

Impact area MSI Score
Global Warming 29916.2
Eutrophication 102876.1
Water Scarcity 2881.4
Abiotic Resource Depletion, Fossil Fuels 25746.4
Chemistry
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Modeling Notes

Platinum {GLO}| market for | Alloc Def, S. Includes 2.5% 1000km inbound shipping distance to account for shipment of raw materials.

Meta information

  • Primary Source: ecoinvent 3.3
  • Last Publication or Review date: 2012
  • Geography: Global/generic
  • Data Generator: Cashion East, Pivot Analytics; east@pointpivot.com

Applicable Materials

Material Impact
benchmarkimpactblend components
Platinum
161434
Metals

Data quality

Data Quality Value Description
Precision Fair 20% to 30% 3
Time Representativeness Excellent Data are not older than 4 years with respect to the release date or latest review date 1
Geographical Representativeness Good The processes included in the dataset are well representative for the geography stated in the title and metadata 2
Technological Representativeness Good The technologies modeled are included in the mix of technologies covered by the dataset 2
Average 2