Potassium-40

Substance: fo-01e8baae65fc016f Isotope
Source: ecoinvent algorithm addition
Unit: kBq
Context: Environmental → Water → Unconfined aquifer
CAS: 13966-00-2
EC: —
Dimension: Environmental
Media: Water
Water body: Unconfined aquifer
List	Version	Source flow	Name there	Why this flow
bafu	2026-v1	105ae196-d18f-50ec-a38e-a84c5db6a9c3	Potassium-40	The CAS numbers are the same (13966-00-2); both name the same compartment.
bafu	2026-v1	63f9fd46-2a0c-57a7-b5ec-7b613f63e939	Potassium-40	The CAS numbers are the same (13966-00-2); both name the same compartment.
ecoinvent	3.12	f970ac84-3896-4168-a701-c73bf475edbb	Potassium-40	A curator's mapping table (ecoinvent-3.11-biosphere-EF-3.1-biosphere) names this substance, which had no flow in this compartment, so this flow was created for the row.
ecoinvent	3.8	f970ac84-3896-4168-a701-c73bf475edbb	Potassium-40	A curator's mapping table (ecoinvent-3.8-biosphere-EF-3.1-biosphere.json) names this flow.
Source list	Source flow	Name there	Compartment there	Match	Conversion
ecoinvent 3.12	f970ac84-3896-4168-a701-c73bf475edbb	Potassium-40	water / ground-	exactMatch	—
ecoinvent 3.8	f970ac84-3896-4168-a701-c73bf475edbb	Potassium-40	water / ground-	exactMatch	—
bafu 2026-v1	63f9fd46-2a0c-57a7-b5ec-7b613f63e939	Potassium-40	emissions to water / groundwater	closeMatch	—
bafu 2026-v1	105ae196-d18f-50ec-a38e-a84c5db6a9c3	Potassium-40	emissions to water / groundwater	closeMatch	—
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