Blast furnace slag (market for blast furnace slag)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'blast furnace slag' is a solid waste under the category of industrial wastes. It is primarily generated in steelmaking process during the smelting process. 'blast furnace slag' contain the following fractions: blast furnace slag with a glass content of over 95%. By the database default (and per unit of reference product) 'blast furnace slag' has 0.5% water on wet mass basis (99.5% dry matter) and Carbon present is of only fossil origin (0.23% on a dry matter basis). It has no heating value. This kind of by-product (recyclable or waste) is generated from ordinary transforming activities and as such can be considered for modelling waste outputs of comparable composition. In the ecoinvent database treatment option/s for this by-product include: deposition (residual material landfill). Based on the aforementioned treatments this by-product receives it is a non-hazardous waste. In addition this by-product is used in the following processes: cement production alternative constituents 6-20%; granulated blast furnace slag production; ground granulated blast furnace slag production. This by-product can be modelled on two levels: treatment activity and market activity. The former one refers to the specific technology treating the by-product while the latter level represents a mix of treatments. Users are encouraged to inspect the modelling assumptions of the treatment activities and when selecting the market to additionally inspect the treatment mix. Collection and transportation of this by-product is accounted in the respective market activity users are advised to inspect and modify the average transportation distances for a case specific modelling. The cut-off classification is Recyclable. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is 1.