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Product Flow Data set: Phosphorus Ore (en)
Data set information
Name Phosphorus Ore
Synonyms Phosphate; White Phosphorus; WP
Classification
Class name : Hierarchy level
  • ILCD 1.1: Materials production / Inorganic chemicals
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General comment Phosphorus ore, also known as phosphate, is an essential ingredient in thousands of products, including herbicides, lithium-ion batteries, and soft drinks. About 95 percent of this ore is used to make fertilizer. The remaining is processed into white phosphorus. Phosphogypsum, a waste product from manufacturing fertilizer, emits radon, a radioactive gas and contains radioactive elements uranium, thorium and radium. Phosphate rock mining is the fifth largest mining industry in the United States.
Quantitative reference
Reference Flow Property
LCI method
Type of flow Product flow
Data entry by
Time stamp (last saved) 2024-04-16T19:00:22.261106+08:00
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Publication and ownership
UUID 8b399465-cf25-43ae-a10f-2ad0b72ff365
Data set version 00.01.005
Flow Property Mean value Minimum value Maximum value Uncertainty distribution type Relative StdDev in % Data derivation type / status General comment
1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 %