46b8194e-385d-4305-bdce-58347d999958Steel, stainless 304, flat rolled coil18/10 stainlessMaterials productionMetals and semimetalsThe data set covers all relevant process steps / european technologies of the represented cradle-to-gate inventory with a high overall data quality.
Data was collected on site by stainless steel industry experts in accordance with the EUROFER (as well as worldsteel) methodology.
A detailed internal quality check was carried out by PE International.
In addition an independent external review carried out in accordance with the ISO 14040 series to ensure the correct and consistent application of the methodology for Life Cycle Assessment.
NOTE: this dataset considers American upstreams condition and applies assumption that European and American technology on stainless steel production are similar
Company code: PE359The data set represents cradle-to-gate data based on average site-specific data (gate-to-gate) of European stainless steel producers.
The electricity grid mix is American average.
Other upstream data (e.g. chromium, nickel or molybdenum) are based on global averages from the specific industrial associations.
NOTE: this dataset considers American upstreams condition and applies assumption that European and American technology on stainless steel production are similarStainless steels are manufactured from mixtures of stainless scrap, carbon steel scrap and ferro-alloys of Cr, Ni and Mo. The proportions of these raw materials can vary greatly, depending upon the steel grade and other factors.
Initially, the raw materials are melted in an electric arc furnace (EAF); the liquid metal is then transferred to a decarburising vessel (usually "argon oxygen decarburising", AOD) where it is refined by blowing with various mixes of argon, oxygen, nitrogen. The liquid steel is then finished in a ladle furnace (LF), where the chemistry is fine-tuned and the temperature is optimised for subsequent processing.
The liquid steel is transformed into a solid product by continuous casting. For flat product production the section is rectangular, known as "slab".
Slabs are converted into rectangular (quarto) plates or long coils by reheating and hot-rolling. Subsequent heat treatment (annealing), acid cleaning (pickling) and flattening produces finished quarto plate or white hot rolled coil products.
Alternatively, the white hot rolled coil is used as the feedstock for producing thinner coil products, by cold rolling. The white hot rolled coil is cold rolled; then it is softened & acid pickled or bright annealed, and flattened (skinpass rolled) to form the Cold Rolled Coil product.
NOTE: this dataset considers American upstreams condition and applies assumption that European and American technology on stainless steel production are similarLCI resultAttributionalnoneGaBi Modelling PrinciplesGaBi databases85.0For details contact Eurofer (European data): www.eurofer.orgFor details contact Eurofer (European data): www.eurofer.org.No statementFor details please contact the European Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries, Eurofer (European data): www.eurofer.org.Swedish Environmental Research InstituteFor details please contact the European Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries, Eurofer (European data): www.eurofer.org.thinkstep2018-02-01T00:00:00.000ILCD format 1.1thinkstep2018-02-01T00:00:00.00000.00.001Data set finalised; entirely publishedNREL US Life Cycle Inventory (USLCI) LibraryVarious (NREL USLCI)trueFree of charge for all users and usesGaBi (source code, database including extension modules and single data sets, documentation) remains property of thinkstep AG. thinkstep AG delivers GaBi licenses comprising data storage medium and manual as ordered by the customer. The license guarantees the right of use for one installation of GaBi. Further installations using the same license are not permitted. Additional licenses are only valid if the licensee holds at least one main license. Licenses are not transferable and must only be used within the licensee's organisation. Data sets may be copied for internal use. The number of copies is restricted to the number of licenses of the software system GaBi the licensee owns. The right of use is exclusively valid for the licensee. All rights reserved.RNA: Steel, stainless 304, flat rolled coilOutput1.01.00Mixed primary / secondaryUnknown derivation