Krypton-85m

Substance: fo-72b3a5d17594bbd2 Isotope
Source: EF 3.1
Unit: kBq
Context: Environmental → Air → Medium stack, <150 meters → Rural (<1000 people/square mile)
CAS: 378253-15-7
EC: —

Dimension: Environmental
Media: Air
Population density: Rural (<1000 people/square mile)
Strata: Medium stack, <150 meters

List	Version	Source flow	Name there	Why this flow
EF	3.1	198f779d-df67-4b47-984e-48aef1dd9dd3	Krypton-85m	The consensus list is built from this one, so this row is the flow itself rather than something matched to it.
agribalyse	3.2	85a20376-4eaf-563f-8c39-303e3457da3b	Krypton-85m	The CAS numbers are the same (378253-15-7); both name the same compartment.
bafu	2026-v1	00e61298-a5f2-59ec-958f-fcdeaf003425	Krypton-85m	This substance answers to the name the row carries; both name the same compartment.
bafu	2026-v1	551a9832-acde-5beb-9fe1-0eb4d36815af	Krypton-85m	This substance answers to the name the row carries; both name the same compartment.
ecoinvent	3.12	8aa45af3-ff38-4330-9870-81fd360db53b	Krypton-85m	This substance answers to the name the row carries; both name the same compartment.
ecoinvent	3.8	8aa45af3-ff38-4330-9870-81fd360db53b	Krypton-85m	The CAS numbers are the same (378253-15-7); both name the same compartment.

Source list	Source flow	Name there	Compartment there	Match	Conversion
EF 3.1	198f779d-df67-4b47-984e-48aef1dd9dd3	Krypton-85m	Emissions/Emissions to air/Emissions to non-urban air or from high stacks	exactMatch	—
ecoinvent 3.12	8aa45af3-ff38-4330-9870-81fd360db53b	Krypton-85m	air / non-urban air or from high stacks	closeMatch	—
ecoinvent 3.8	8aa45af3-ff38-4330-9870-81fd360db53b	Krypton-85m	air / non-urban air or from high stacks	closeMatch	—
bafu 2026-v1	00e61298-a5f2-59ec-958f-fcdeaf003425	Krypton-85m	emissions to air / low. pop.	closeMatch	—
bafu 2026-v1	551a9832-acde-5beb-9fe1-0eb4d36815af	Krypton-85m	emissions to air / low. pop.	closeMatch	—
agribalyse 3.2	85a20376-4eaf-563f-8c39-303e3457da3b	Krypton-85m	Emissions to air / low. pop.	closeMatch	—

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Method	Implementation	Category	Place	Factor	Published as
Stepwise 2006	consensus-flow-list	Ionizing radiation	—	6.6700e-04	carried

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    "cas_match_labels": "consensus_match",
    "concept_associations": "carry_associations_onto_flows",
    "types": "link_flows_to_their_substance",
    "properties": "link_flows_to_their_substance"
  },
  "cas_match_labels": {
    "378253-15-7": "exactMatch"
  },
  "_transformed": true,
  "_provided": {
    "name": "Krypton-85m",
    "synonyms": [],
    "context": [
      "Emissions",
      "Emissions to air",
      "Emissions to non-urban air or from high stacks"
    ],
    "cas_numbers": [
      "378253-15-7"
    ],
    "ec_numbers": [],
    "unit": "kBq"
  }
}

A flow can be wrong in three ways, and they are decided differently. Pick the one that matches what you are looking at.

You do not need to run a build or clone anything. Name the row and say what your evidence is; the measurement is done for you. How contributing works

Krypton-85m

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