Glass fiber
7.6
Description
Fiber reinforced glass is a polymer formed from silica to create the raw material used in fiber glass textiles. The silica along with other precursors are heated to over 1500 C before extrusion and spinning into filaments.
Impacts
| Impact area | MSI Score | |
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| Global Warming | 2.7 | |
| Eutrophication | 2.0 | |
| Water Scarcity | 0.4 | |
| Abiotic Resource Depletion, Fossil Fuels | 2.6 | |
| Chemistry |
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Modeling Notes
Meta information
- Primary Source: ecoinvent 3.3
- Last Publication or Review date: 2015
- Geography: Global/generic
- Data Generator: Cashion East, Pivot Analytics; east@pointpivot.com
Applicable Materials
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Textiles
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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 | Fair | The processes included in the dataset are sufficiently representative for the geography stated in the title and metadata | 3 |
| Technological Representativeness | Fair | The technologies modeled are representative of the average technology used for similar processes | 3 |
| Average | 2.5 | ||