Research Article

Life Cycle Assessment of Environmental Impact of Steelmaking Process

Table 5

Uncertainty analysis.

CategoriesClean production ≥ normal production (%)

Aquatic acidification20
Aquatic ecotoxicity2
Aquatic eutrophication2
Carcinogens65
Global warming43
Ionizing radiation29
Land occupation13
Mineral extraction53
Noncarcinogens54
Nonrenewable energy3
Ozone layer depletion44
Respiratory inorganics12
Respiratory organics9
Terrestrial acid/nutrition15
Terrestrial ecotoxicity98