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Table 1
Impact contributions of gold and electricity consumption in gold deposition step expressed in percentage values.
| Gold | Electricity | |
|---|---|---|
| Climate change | 8% | 92% |
| Ozone depletion | 4% | 96% |
| Ionising radiation | 10% | 90% |
| Photochemical ozone formation | 24% | 76% |
| Particulate matter | 30% | 70% |
| Human toxicity, no-cancer | 60% | 40% |
| Human toxicity, cancer | 33% | 67% |
| Acidification | 17% | 83% |
| Eutrophication, freshwater | 63% | 37% |
| Eutrophication, marine | 25% | 75% |
| Eutrophication, terrestrial | 26% | 74% |
| Ecotoxicity, freshwater | 75% | 25% |
| Land use | 26% | 74% |
| Water use | 5% | 95% |
| Resource use, fossils | 7% | 93% |
| Resource use, minerals and metals | 97% | 3% |
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