Titanium - triple-melt (market for titanium - triple-melt)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'titanium triple-melt' is a metal. It is a chemical element and a transition metal with a silver colour known for its high strength-to-weight ratio. It is melted three times to achieve higher purity. It is mainly produced via the Kroll process where titanium dioxide is transformed to titanium tetrachloride through the addition of petroleum coke and chlorine (chlorination and purification process) and then reduced to pure titanium metal by adding magnesium (vacuum distillation process). It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: mainly used to produce parts for the aerospace sector. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is 1.