| Data set information | |
| Name | Phosphorus Ore |
| Synonyms | Phosphate; White Phosphorus; WP |
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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. |
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| LCI method | |
| Type of flow | Product flow |
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| Time stamp (last saved) | 2024-05-13T14:40:36.293186+08:00 |
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| UUID | 8b399465-cf25-43ae-a10f-2ad0b72ff365 |
| Data set version | 01.00.005 |
| Flow Property | Mean value | Minimum value | Maximum value | Uncertainty distribution type | Relative StdDev in % | Data derivation type / status | General comment |
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| 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 % |