Potassium chloride {AU}| market for potassium chloride | AusLCI, U
Unit process Australia v00.00.001
This data have been copied from the ecoinvent version 2.2 database and adapted to Australsian database by substituting input flows from Australasian database for ecoinvent processes where they are available. Because of the ecoinvent detail included in this data in is subject to the same copyright and distribution restrictions as the ecoivent database published in SimaPro. See system description for more detail on the substitution. Translated name: Kaliumchlorid, als K2O, ab Regionallager Included processes: Starting from mining of potash salts, the processes of concentration of the potassium chloride, conditioning, drying and transport to the regional storage were included. The use of the resource sylvinite was accounted for as well as the disposal of the salt residues on heaps and to rivers. Treatment of other wastes was included. Coating and packaging of the final fertiliser products were not included. Infrastructure was included by means of a proxy module. Remark: Refers to 1.76 kg potassium chloride with a K2O-content of 60.0% CAS number: 007447-40-7; Formula: KCl; Geography: The data refer to Germany. Technology: The potash salts stem from underground mines. Three different technologies are used to concentrate the salt: solution in hot water, flotation and electrostatic separation. The inventory describes a mixture of these processes. Time period: Data come from an environmental report for the year 2000. Version: 2.2 Energy values: Undefined Percent representativeness: 27.0 Production volume: 3.1 mio t in Germany, 11.6 mio t in Europe in 2000 Local category: Landwirtschaftliche Produktionsmittel Local subcategory: Mineraldünger Source file: 00050.XML Record: Data entry by: Thomas Nemecek Telephone: 0041 44 377 72 54; E-mail: art@ecoinvent.org; Company: ART; Country: CH Generator: Generator/publicator: Thomas Nemecek Telephone: 0041 44 377 72 54; E-mail: art@ecoinvent.org; Company: ART; Country: CH
- Sector
- Other Materials
- Contributor
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- Last updated
- 12 Oct 2026
- Reference ID
d43e82d6-63da-381e-b8cc-99ad00ef2c42
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- Quantitative reference
- Potassium chloride {AU}| market for potassium chloride | AusLCI, U
- Sampling procedure
- Sampling procedure: The data base on an environmental report of Kali & Salz (2001). They were supplemented by literature data.
- Creation date
- 22 Sep 2003
- Is copyright protected
- No
- Is infrastructure process
- No
- Tags
- material
- Sources
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Life Cycle Inventories of Agricultural Production Systems/2007/Nemecek, T.
Product outputs
| Flow | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potassium chloride {AU}| market for potassium chloride | AusLCI, U | 1.67 | kg | — |
Technical inputs
| Flow | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical factory, organics {GLO}| market for chemical factory, organics | Cut-off, U | 0.000000000667 | Item(s) | (2,3,1,3,1,3) |
| Chemical, inorganic {GLO}| market for chemical, inorganic | Cut-off, U | 0.0101 | kg | (2,3,1,3,1,3) |
| Diesel, burned in building machine {GLO}| market for diesel, burned in building machine | Cut-off, U | 0.139 | MJ | (2,3,1,3,1,3) |
| Heat, central or small-scale, Jakobsberg {RoW}| market for heat, central or small-scale, Jakobsberg | Cut-off, U | 3.23 | MJ | (2,3,1,3,1,3) |
| Heat, district or industrial, natural gas {RoW}| heat production, natural gas, at industrial furnace >100kW | Cut-off, U | 0.525 | MJ | (2,3,1,3,1,3) |
| Transport, freight, rail {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 1890.0 | kg*km | (4,5,na,na,na,na) |
| Transport, truck, 28t, fleet average {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 378.0 | kg*km | (4,5,na,na,na,na) |
Outputs to treatment
| Flow | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous waste, for incineration {RoW}| market for hazardous waste, for incineration | Cut-off, U | 0.000316 | kg | (2,3,1,3,1,3) |
| Salt tailing from potash mine {RoW}| treatment of salt tailing from potash mine, residual material landfill | Cut-off, U | 4.58 | kg | (2,3,1,3,1,3) |
| Waste treatment, municipal waste average, at landfill {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 0.000717 | kg | (2,3,1,3,1,3) |
Elementary flow inputs
| Flow | Sub-compartment | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvite, 25 % in sylvinite | in ground | 1.89 | kg | (2,3,1,3,1,3) |
| Water, river | in water | 0.0035 | m3 | (2,3,1,3,1,3) |
| Water, unspecified natural origin | in water | 0.013 | m3 | (2,3,1,3,1,3) |
Elementary flow outputs
| Flow | Compartment | Sub-compartment | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calcium (II) | Emissions to water | river | 0.00209 | kg | (2,3,2,3,3,5) |
| Chloride | Emission to water | surface water | 0.126 | kg | (2,3,2,3,3,5) |
| Hydrochloric acid | Emissions to air | high. pop. | 0.00000928 | kg | (2,3,2,3,3,5) |
| Magnesium | Emission to water | surface water | 0.0121 | kg | (2,3,2,3,3,5) |
| Particulate Matter, < 2.5 um | Emission to air | high population density | 0.00000077 | kg | (2,3,2,3,3,5) |
| Particulate Matter, > 10 um | Emission to air | high population density | 0.000014 | kg | (2,3,2,3,3,5) |
| Particulate Matter, > 2.5 um and < 10um | Emission to air | high population density | 0.000000616 | kg | (2,3,2,3,3,5) |
| Potassium (I) | Emissions to water | river | 0.00161 | kg | (2,3,2,3,3,5) |
| Sodium (I) | Emissions to water | river | 0.0736 | kg | (2,3,2,3,3,5) |
| Sulfur | Emission to water | surface water | 0.0125 | kg | (2,3,2,3,3,5) |
Parameters
| Name | Value | Formula | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| m_InputChemicals | 1.89 | 1.89 | kg, Total mass of input chemicals used for calculating transport |