Particles (PM2.5)

Substance: fo-68bfa13f441778cb Aggregate measurement
Source: EF 3.1
Unit: kg
Context: Environmental → Air → Ground level → Urban (>1000 people/square mile)
CAS: —
EC: —

Dimension: Environmental
Media: Air
Population density: Urban (>1000 people/square mile)
Strata: Ground level

List	Version	Source flow	Name there	Why this flow
EF	3.1	08a91e70-3ddc-11dd-9295-0050c2490048	particles (PM2.5)	The consensus list is built from this one, so this row is the flow itself rather than something matched to it.
agribalyse	3.2	00ebe423-6725-50f7-aee4-be9e427afc07	Particulates, < 2.5 um	Recorded as algorithmic_fallback on particulate_size_class.
bafu	2026-v1	dcdd535c-9cee-5bbe-bdc2-c24f943dcbef	Particulates, < 2.5 um	Recorded as algorithmic_fallback on particulate_size_class.
ecoinvent	3.12	230d8a0a-517c-43fe-8357-1818dd12997a	Particulate Matter, < 2.5 um	A curator's mapping table names this flow.
ecoinvent	3.8	230d8a0a-517c-43fe-8357-1818dd12997a	Particulates, < 2.5 um	A curator's mapping table names this flow.

Source list	Source flow	Name there	Compartment there	Match	Conversion
EF 3.1	08a91e70-3ddc-11dd-9295-0050c2490048	particles (PM2.5)	Emissions/Emissions to air/Emissions to urban air close to ground	exactMatch	—
ecoinvent 3.12	230d8a0a-517c-43fe-8357-1818dd12997a	Particulate Matter, < 2.5 Um	air / urban air close to ground	exactMatch	—
ecoinvent 3.8	230d8a0a-517c-43fe-8357-1818dd12997a	Particulates, < 2.5 Um	air / urban air close to ground	exactMatch	—
bafu 2026-v1	dcdd535c-9cee-5bbe-bdc2-c24f943dcbef	Particulates, < 2.5 Um	emissions to air / high. pop.	closeMatch	—
agribalyse 3.2	00ebe423-6725-50f7-aee4-be9e427afc07	Particulates, < 2.5 Um	Emissions to air / high. pop.	closeMatch	—

consensus-flow-list 2
European Commission — JRC 1
GreenDelta 1
ecoinvent Centre 1

Every implementation that says anything about this flow. Published as is what this list did with the row: where more than one implementation states a number and they agree it publishes it as agreed; where only one speaks, as sole; where they disagree it publishes nothing and asks.

Method	Implementation	Category	Place	Factor	Published as
EF 3.1	European Commission — JRC	EF-particulate Matter	—	2.3850e-04	—
EF 3.1	ecoinvent Centre	EF-particulate Matter	—	2.3850e-04	—
EF 3.1	GreenDelta	EF-particulate Matter	—	2.3850e-04	—
EF 3.1	consensus-flow-list	EF-particulate Matter	—	2.3850e-04	agreed
Stepwise 2006	consensus-flow-list	Respiratory inorganics	—	1	carried

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