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# Binder-free rolled and sintered alumina grinding spheres

## 1. Scope and Applicability

This attributional PCR covers one declared grade of complete solid unglazed high-purity alumina grinding spheres made by binder-free water-assisted rolling and sintering. The foreground starts with whole purchased unfired alumina powder and actual separate water supplies. Keep actual on-site wet sand milling, drying, crushing and screening; powder seed formation, rolling/growth and green-ball repair; drying, sintering and cooling; actual post-sinter grinding/polishing, size classification, cleaning and tests through unique first quality release. Include transport, utilities, controls, equipment service, failures, zero-output runs, start/stop, idle, cleanup and pre-release rework. Preserve original-cohort packing/FG services separately.

Exclude hollow ceramic shells, hollow spray-dried feed granules as finished output, raw alumina powder, fused abrasive grains, bonded grinding wheels, zirconia/zirconium-silicate/steatite/glass/steel media, cylinders/satellites, refractory packing/support balls, crucibles, electrical insulators, tableware, decorative ceramics, sanitaryware and construction ceramics. Added binder/sintering-aid recipes, isostatic pressing and sol-gel routes require renewed applicability assessment and their real additional exchanges; they are not this binder-free rolling route. Buying finished balls and repacking does not implement manufacture.

The patent route, commercial media comparisons and sector BREF are a transparent technical synthesis, not one SKU, plant or order. Figure 1 includes powder-preparation steps beyond the prose starting at screened powder; declare supplier versus on-site operations rather than erase that difference. The BREF distinguishes unfired hollow spray granules from dense fired objects and presents other forming/material routes. After firing, actual required finishing and final control remain inside manufacture. No source establishes a universal mass per sphere, recipe, yield, energy intensity, emission factor, abrasion life, environmental harmlessness or compliance result. `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

## 2. Product Category Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| canonical_pcr_id | pcr.other-transportable-goods-except-metal-products-machinery-and-equipment.glass-and-glass-products-and-other-non-metallic-products-n-e-c.binder-free-rolled-sintered-alumina-grinding-spheres |
| classification_refs | CPC:3.0:37291; narrower |
| covered_products | One grade of complete solid unglazed high-purity alumina grinding spheres |
| excluded_products | Exclude hollow ceramic shells, hollow spray-dried feed granules as finished output, raw alumina powder, fused abrasive grains, bonded grinding wheels, zirconia/zirconium-silicate/steatite/glass/steel media, cylinders/satellites, refractory packing/support balls, crucibles, electrical insulators, tableware, decorative ceramics, sanitaryware and construction ceramics. Added binder/sintering-aid recipes, isostatic pressing and sol-gel routes require renewed applicability assessment and their real additional exchanges; they are not this binder-free rolling route. Buying finished balls and repacking does not implement manufacture. |
| representative_product | First-released binder-free rolled sintered alumina spheres |
| production_route | This attributional PCR covers one declared grade of complete solid unglazed high-purity alumina grinding spheres made by binder-free water-assisted rolling and sintering. The foreground starts with whole purchased unfired alumina powder and actual separate water supplies. Keep actual on-site wet sand milling, drying, crushing and screening; powder seed formation, rolling/growth and green-ball repair; drying, sintering and cooling; actual post-sinter grinding/polishing, size classification, cleaning and tests through unique first quality release. Include transport, utilities, controls, equipment service, failures, zero-output runs, start/stop, idle, cleanup and pre-release rework. Preserve original-cohort packing/FG services separately. |
| market_state | Unique first quality release at declared moisture; subsequent packaging and FG services separately accounted |

## 3. Reference Flow

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| What | Supply the declared grade of solid alumina spheres for downstream grinding |
| How much | 1 kg net finished spheres at first release |
| How well | Actual size distribution, sphericity, assay, phase, contamination and required quality tests; no assumed equal grinding service |
| How long or cycle | One manufacturing cohort; actual subsequent service horizon H separate, with no use-life assumption |
| reference_flow_link | finished_spheres |

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Reference amount | 1 |
| Reference product flow | Abrasives `685e7b7f-1555-4112-aa0b-3786e5508534` |
| Reference flow property | Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` |
| Reference unit group | Units of mass `93a60a57-a4c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66` |
| Reference unit | kg |
| Required qualifiers | site region period and actual supplier; one complete solid sphere grade and intended grinding use; alumina assay crystalline phase impurities and supplied powder form; binder-free water-assisted rolling and actual supplier versus on-site preparation; actual furnace energy atmosphere heating cooling and failed operating modes; fired size shape surface finish and quality tests; unique first-release net mass Q and measured moisture; opening closing raw WIP unassigned stores and per-exchange inherited burden vectors; FG cohort gross dispatch returns and original release bridge; service horizon H and original cohort Qc; each packaging material ownership full stocks and gross physical movements; equipment lining sagger tooling installed fluid stocks and actual service basis; each real species phase compartment origin and independently measured state; carrier mass heat enthalpy provider water convention and real external returns; allocation evidence data uncertainty missing identities and downstream use limits |

Every required qualifier must be declared in actual dataset metadata or equivalent complete reference-flow/process context. Per kg is a production declared unit, not equal grinding function; count, catalogue density and secondary flow coefficients cannot establish kg per sphere. The native grinding-media member is a broader Product family qualified to this complete sphere grade; it is not provider approval, a pure Al2O3 mass or a default purity/quantity.

## 4. Measurement and Unit Rules

| rule_id | Applies to | Required property | Required unit | Rule |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| reference_mass | reference product | Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` | kg | Reference output is 1 kg of net spheres at unique first release. Collect Q by calibrated scale and batch quality records with moisture declared and packaging excluded. No count or inferred-density conversion. |
| native_units | each inventory exchange | Native extensive property | native unit | Preserve row extensive properties: materials/species kg, electricity MJ, metered gas volume m3 and transport t km. Original kWh times 3.6 gives MJ; no mass requirement imposed on energy or volume. |
| state_conversion | physical measurements | Substance-specific measured property | native unit | Integrate genuine rates over recorded intervals; already integrated volume is not multiplied by time again. Volume-to-mass needs independent substance-specific density and measured temperature/pressure/composition. Phase-change water and actual supply/return enthalpy need separate evidence; never assume water density. |
| physical_balance | mass and element subledgers | Mass | kg | Use independent wet/dry mass, phase, free water, structural water, reaction species and relevant elements at physical gates. One residual cannot fit two unknowns. Sintering densification/shrinkage does not automatically generate reaction water or CO2. |

## 5. System Boundary

### Boundary Abstraction

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| declared_starting_condition | Whole purchased unfired high-purity alumina powder in actual supplied form/moisture; separate real water supplies |
| starting_condition_role | foreground_material_receipt |
| product_classification_scope | Narrow candidate within CPC 37291; accepted narrower association is governed by classifications/mappings/cpc-3.0-to-pcr.yaml and its decision record; scientific review remains pending |
| recursive_input_rule | Bought same-category sintered balls used as milling media need compatible upstream burdens; internal self-produced transfers cancel with inherited burden/service retained and never replace new-ball manufacture |
| upstream_dataset_requirement | Match whole material chemistry/phase/supplied form, grade, route, supplier geography and extensive unit without duplicate formulation subcomponents or supplier-included operations |
| disclosure | Unfired powder through first release; disclose supplier/on-site preparation split and original-cohort subsequent services. Cradle-to-gate needs compatible upstream links and explicit consolidation |

| rule_id | applies_to | rule | source_ids |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| b_route | manufacture | Include every actual operation from whole purchased unfired powder to first-released complete fired spheres, including preparation shown in Figure 1 if operated on site and actual post-sinter finishing/tests. Declare supplier preparation with compatible upstream burdens; never replace manufacture by finished-ball purchase. | `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007` |
| b_classification | applicability | The complete solid sintered alumina spheres are technical grinding media within the narrower CPC3.0:37291 scope; do not use residual37299 while this explicit technical use applies. Retain the binder-free water-assisted rolling route and exclusions for refractory packing/support balls, powders and bonded wheels. The accepted association follows the canonical mapping and correction decision; firing temperature or alumina chemistry alone does not establish refractory end use, and native UUID identity is separate. | `unsd-cpc3-explanatory-2025`; `wco-hs2022-ceramics`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `cafc-schlumberger-2017` |
| b_stock | manufacturing numerator | For each exchange retain opening/closing raw, WIP and unassigned non-WIP material-store inherited burden vectors, plus all failures, zero-output, hot hold, start/stop, idle, cleanup and rework. Already-released closing FG is inside Q: neither subtract its manufacture burden nor add it as another production output. Gross receipts/pool entries before stock corrections and already stock-adjusted consumption must be distinguished. Retain corrections already included, reconcile only remaining unincluded vectors and never correct the same raw stock twice. Independently record every raw/WIP/non-WIP opening/closing physical quantity and complete inherited exchange vector. | `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007` |
| b_service | original cohort | Keep released product burden with original cohort Qc. Record only actual subsequent packing, storage, handling, dispatch, return, retest and real cleaning/rework increment over observed H. Reinspection, returns and reshipment do not create production. Consolidation cancels internal Q transfer once. Actual post-release repair/regrinding/refiring requires governing manufacturer/design permission, continued whole-grade applicability, measured new/removed material and water phases, required retests and acceptance or waste disposition. Patent green-ball shaping before sintering does not authorize restoration of broken fired media. | `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007` |
| b_atomic | all exchanges | Each actual purchased whole formulation, material, fuel, carrier, packaging, waste and real species is an atomic row. Add any actual unlisted exchange with specific identity and destination; no other/zero collection may hide it. Whole formulations are purchased once with assay/water/active content subaccounts only; site preparation instead retains each real purchased ingredient and operation. | `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007` |
| b_physical | manufacture service combined | Reconcile whole physical mass and relevant Al/O/H/C/N/S element accounts at manufacture, FG-service and combined gates before allocating burdens. Do not scale gross physical exchanges by economic shares. Internal recycle, sagger reuse and circulation cancel only transfers; real energy, loss and inherited burdens remain. Gross air species replace the aggregate air row rather than duplicate it. | `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007` |
| b_assets | physical asset stock and service | For each machine, kiln, refractory, sagger and tool preserve physical additions, installed opening/closing stock, repair components, deposits, moisture, in-machine fluid and retirement separately from current attributable service burden. Use actual asset/service evidence; no fixed life, equal virgin replacement for reuse, or whole asset per kg. | `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007` |
| b_pack | each packaging material | For each carton, PE film and wooden pallet type/ownership/grade reconcile opening empty + attached WIP + attached FG + reusable stocks + new purchases + packaging received on raw supplies + external returns received = closing corresponding stocks + gross packaging shipped out + external supplier/pool returns + waste. Internal reuse cancels. Actual additional lids, labels, straps and liners each require their own full bridge. Supplier-included packaging burden is not purchased again; physical receipt remains. Include actual separately measured repair additions/removals and water uptake/release as respective ingress/egress, without duplicate amounts already in other wet-article flow terms. Opening/closing stocks retain full wet physical mass; material retained in closing stock does not eliminate its corresponding real inflow. Reconcile dry matter/water and actual source/phase/destination independently; add each real specific repair/water exchange before use, with no residual-fitted quantity or duplicate supplier-included burden. | `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007` |
| b_carriers | heat and water supplies | Only actual external steam/hot-water carriers and real external Product returns are present. Keep gross carrier kg, actual supply/return state and heat MJ/enthalpy independently, with agreed provider water/energy boundary. Internal condensate loops cancel and external liquid returns are neither air emissions nor assumed wastewater/credits. | `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007` |
| b_fg_bridge | FG service physical gate | For each original cohort reconcile opening FG + first releases + actual physical returns + actual added service material = closing FG + gross physical dispatch + destruction/loss + other specifically documented exits. Track returned mass/condition and original dispatch IDs independently: do not assume returned kg equal originally dispatched kg or zero new water/loss. Retain original manufacture burden without new production; no net-delivery denominator is defined. | `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007` |

## 6. Process Inventory Structure

### Process Map

| process_id | process_name | inclusion | inclusion_condition | role | quantitative_reference |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| manufacture | Complete sphere manufacture | required | Actual binder-free rolling route | Preparation forming drying sintering cooling finishing sorting tests controls assets and stage-specific internal subledgers | finished_spheres; Q |
| service | Original-cohort packaging and FG services | required | Actual observed custody and post-release services | Full physical packaging bridge and separate increment-only post-release service | Qc; H |

Each non-reference row is collected only when actually present. Unmeasured is neither zero nor not_applicable. Support absence with evidence; add each actual additional material, chemical, fuel, coating, treatment reagent, refrigerant, liquid direct-discharge species or separated waste specifically. Every card references the same Section 8 result; collected totals are not divided by Q first.

### Process: Complete sphere manufacture (`manufacture`)

#### Inputs

##### Product flows

###### High-purity unfired alumina powder (`alumina_powder`)

Receive one whole purchased unfired alumina powder grade. Retain chemical assay, crystalline phase, impurities, moisture, particle distribution and supplier preparation boundary. Bayer-route identity alone does not prove the high-purity ceramic feed. Supplier milling is upstream; actual site sand milling, drying, crushing and screening remain foreground. This is the broad manufactured Al2O3 Product family with formula Al2O3 and Mass/kg reference, no CAS, fixed particle size, grade, route or geography. Here it identifies only whole purchased unfired high-purity powder qualified by assay/phase and delivered form; no emitted dust, hydroxide, fused grain or finished ball identity is implied.

- Selected flow: Aluminum oxide (alumina) `62905e17-33e8-4e73-a606-fdafc6e48aea`
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_material, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_material`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### de-ionised water (`pure_water`)

One purchased de-ionised water supply, only when actual purity and delivered liquid state match. This native Product has Mass reference, no CAS, no fixed geography or additional grade promise. Record the whole delivered water once; do not add its H and O as additional purchases. On-site purification must instead retain its actual feed, individual reagents, energy and reject water.

- Selected flow: de-ionised water `4f197bf0-7b3b-11dd-ad8b-0800200c9a66`
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_material, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_material`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Liquid municipal tap water (`cleaning_water`)

Keep actual separately supplied cleaning and cooling makeup water apart from pure forming water. Meter each use; distinguish internal recirculation, liquid discharge and evaporation. Do not assume water density or purification burdens from an unrelated flow coefficient.

- Selected flow: Liquid municipal tap water
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_material, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_material`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Solid sintered alumina milling beads (`milling_media`)

Actual purchased media used to prepare powder are a distinct input from saleable newly produced spheres. Record complete fresh charges, recovered charges, wear, retained installed stock and disposal. Internal self-produced media transfer cancels; its inherited manufacture burden and actual service are retained once.

- Selected flow: Solid sintered alumina milling beads
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_material, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_material`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Alternating current (`electricity`)

Use this Product UUID only for CN grid-average consumption mix delivered to user below 1 kV. Native extensive property is Net calorific value in MJ; retain original kWh and convert by 3.6. Include actual powder preparation, rolling, drying, furnace, finishing, extraction, utilities and failed/idle modes. Other voltage, geography or own generation needs separately qualified identity and supply.

- Selected flow: Alternating current `50657322-939c-4829-a87b-47c093bfa6a7`
- Flow property / unit: Net calorific value `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66` / MJ
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_energy, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_energy`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Gaseous pipeline natural gas (`natural_gas`)

Conditional on an actual gas-fired dryer or kiln. Record delivered gas composition, actual versus standard meter conditions, mass or independently measured density, net heat value and combustion boundary. This is one whole fuel mixture; methane composition is not another purchased fuel. No gas use is inferred from the patent kiln name.

- Selected flow: Gaseous pipeline natural gas
- Flow property / unit: Volume / m3
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_energy, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_energy`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Purchased saturated water steam (`steam`)

Only actual external steam supply: meter carrier kg, pressure, temperature, dryness and enthalpy relative to the agreed return state. Keep associated heat MJ as a parallel attribute of this one purchase. Document provider water/energy convention; no boiler or steam demand is presumed.

- Selected flow: Purchased saturated water steam
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_energy, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_energy`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Purchased liquid heating water (`hot_water`)

Only actual externally supplied hot liquid water; measure gross carrier mass and its actual supply/return temperatures and enthalpy. Do not substitute steam identity or duplicate water and heat provider burdens.

- Selected flow: Purchased liquid heating water
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_energy, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_energy`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Road freight transport service (`freight`)

Actual inbound transport service by shipment, route, vehicle/load state and distance, with documented empty-return treatment. Use measured payload and distance for t km; the service is not additional physical ceramic mass.

- Selected flow: Road freight transport service
- Flow property / unit: Freight transport service / t km
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_transport, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_transport`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Complete ceramic sintering kiln (`kiln_asset`)

Keep new and existing kiln physical stock, additions, retirement and repairs apart from attributable service burden. No fixed lifetime or whole kiln per kg of spheres.

- Selected flow: Complete ceramic sintering kiln
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_asset, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_asset`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Complete ceramic ball rolling machine (`rolling_asset`)

Record actual machine asset and replacement parts by unique identity and service history; separately meter operating energy. Add each real replacement component as its own exchange.

- Selected flow: Complete ceramic ball rolling machine
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_asset, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_asset`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Dense alumina firing sagger (`sagger`)

One actual alumina sagger design with composition and coatings declared. Count physical stock and weigh actual net mass separately; retain breakage and service records. Any actual coating is another whole purchased formulation or actual on-site ingredients.

- Selected flow: Dense alumina firing sagger
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_asset, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_asset`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Alumina kiln lining brick (`refractory`)

Actual lining grade, moisture, installed stock, repair additions and removed material are separately tracked. Service attribution does not shrink physical additions or discard masses.

- Selected flow: Alumina kiln lining brick
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_asset, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_asset`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Resin-bonded diamond grinding wheel (`diamond_wheel`)

Only actual fired-sphere finishing with this wheel construction. Purchase the entire wheel once, retain diamond/bond/carrier composition as subaccounts, and record wear and spent wheel separately. Other real tools require individual rows.

- Selected flow: Resin-bonded diamond grinding wheel
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_asset, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_asset`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Mineral lubricating oil formulation (`lubricant`)

One whole supplied oil grade; retain additive assay without duplicating constituent purchases. Track in-machine opening/closing fluid, top-ups, leaks, recovered oil and external disposal.

- Selected flow: Mineral lubricating oil formulation
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_asset, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_asset`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Polyester dust filter bag (`filter`)

One actual complete polyester filter bag; separately retain dust captured on it and the bag material. Do not bind a fabric, paper sack or generic dust record as the finished filter.

- Selected flow: Polyester dust filter bag
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_asset, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_asset`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Corrugated cardboard carton (`pack_carton_inbound`)

Packaging physically received with incoming raw supplies; record actual mass, ownership and provider packaging convention. Allocate its burden once to the activity receiving it, while physical custody joins the plant-wide packaging bridge.

- Selected flow: Corrugated cardboard carton
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_pack_m, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_pack_m`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Polyethylene film (`pack_film_inbound`)

Packaging physically received with incoming raw supplies; record actual mass, ownership and provider packaging convention. Allocate its burden once to the activity receiving it, while physical custody joins the plant-wide packaging bridge. Native Product is PE film, CAS 9002-88-4, production mix at plant, Mass/kg; no fixed grade or geography. Its luggage classification is an isolated taxonomy defect; basename, synonyms and molecular comment consistently identify PE film and explicitly contrast PET. Qualify actual PE resin/form/additives and whole film; no PET, multilayer laminate or resin-pellet substitution. Physical return does not establish repeated virgin production.

- Selected flow: Polyethylene film `e64eb06c-6dc9-45f1-b003-3dc6c44b27e2`
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_pack_m, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_pack_m`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Wooden pallets (`pack_pallet_inbound`)

Packaging physically received with incoming raw supplies; record actual mass, ownership and provider packaging convention. Allocate its burden once to the activity receiving it, while physical custody joins the plant-wide packaging bridge. Native Product is one whole wooden-board/slat pallet from a lumber-mill production mix, Mass/kg; no fixed EURO design, mass or lifetime. Its electrical-energy classification is an isolated taxonomy defect; the preserved source classification, both basenames and wooden-board route agree on wood packaging. Qualify actual complete pallet design/wood/moisture and ownership; no plastic pallet, loose timber or collar-only substitution.

- Selected flow: Wooden pallets `e882bdf4-1cf6-4f51-93e9-c6b91855ba02`
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_pack_m, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_pack_m`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

##### Elementary flows

###### Molecular nitrogen in ambient intake air (`n2_in`)

N2 entering actual ventilation or combustion air. Measure dry gas composition and conditions independently; not total nitrogen as N or purchased bottled nitrogen.

- Selected flow: Molecular nitrogen in ambient intake air
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_species, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_species`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Molecular oxygen in ambient intake air (`o2_in`)

O2 actually crossing the environmental intake; reconcile consumption and exhaust separately from NO/NO2. Do not count an aggregate air input again.

- Selected flow: Molecular oxygen in ambient intake air
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_species, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_species`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Natural non-radioactive argon in ambient air (`argon_in`)

Natural Ar in intake; isotope-specific radioactive gas records are incompatible. Keep actual state and measured composition.

- Selected flow: Natural non-radioactive argon in ambient air
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_species, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_species`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Water vapour in ambient intake air (`humidity_in`)

Intake humidity is gaseous H2O, distinct from purchased liquid water. Retain dewpoint/humidity basis and carrier conditions.

- Selected flow: Water vapour in ambient intake air
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_species, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_species`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Atmospheric carbon dioxide in intake air (`ambient_co2_in`)

Ambient incoming CO2 is separately measured or composition-supported; it is not new fossil carbon from fuel.

- Selected flow: Atmospheric carbon dioxide in intake air
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_species, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_species`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

#### Outputs

##### Product flows

###### Complete solid sintered alumina grinding spheres (`finished_spheres`)

The reference is one complete unglazed high-purity solid sphere grade after required firing, cooling, any actual grinding/polishing, size sorting and quality tests. Q is measured net mass at unique first quality release, with actual moisture declared and packaging excluded. No powder, hollow spray granule, steel ball or zirconia ball substitutes for this terminal object. This is one complete manufactured grinding-media grade within the broader native Abrasives Product family, production mix at plant and auxiliary consumable input; its synonyms expressly include abrasive media and grinding consumables. It is one qualified article, not a selectable collection, and its whole-body kg includes all actual minor phases, impurities and retained moisture rather than only Al2O3. Native fixes no CAS, composition, sphere geometry, route or geography; independently qualify actual whole grade, phases, rolling/sintering/finishing and provider. Cutting tools, bonded wheels, coated/fused grains, loose powder and other media are not this object.

- Selected flow: Abrasives `685e7b7f-1555-4112-aa0b-3786e5508534`
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: 1 kg
- Value mode: Fixed value (`fixed_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Method formula (`method_formula`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_release`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Liquid water condensate returned to heat supplier (`condensate_return`)

An actual external Product return, not an environmental emission or assumed wastewater. Meter mass, temperature, pressure and supplier ownership convention; carrier and enthalpy subaccounts cannot create an automatic credit.

- Selected flow: Liquid water condensate returned to heat supplier
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_energy, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_energy`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Liquid heating water returned to heat supplier (`hotwater_return`)

Only an observed external return of the hot-water supply carrier, at measured return state. Internal heat-exchanger circulation cancels.

- Selected flow: Liquid heating water returned to heat supplier
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_energy, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_energy`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

##### Waste flows

###### Unfired alumina powder preparation reject (`unfired_waste`)

External rejected unfired powder with exact moisture and contamination; split separate actual powder states or compositions. Internal recoverable powder is an internal transfer with retained reprocessing loads.

- Selected flow: Unfired alumina powder preparation reject
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_waste, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_waste`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Rejected fired alumina grinding spheres (`fired_waste`)

Actual rejected or test-destroyed fired balls before first release, by grade and mass; not a saleable coproduct by default. Re-firing energy and rejected runs remain.

- Selected flow: Rejected fired alumina grinding spheres
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_waste, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_waste`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Alumina powder milling sludge (`milling_sludge`)

Actual external wet preparation sludge with independent dry solids, free water and species assays; no dry solid mass guessed from one loss residual.

- Selected flow: Alumina powder milling sludge
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_waste, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_waste`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Fired alumina finishing sludge (`grinding_sludge`)

Separate fired sphere removal, tool wear and liquid in real finishing sludge. Sampling determines constituents; a COD reading cannot identify a molecular carbon mass.

- Selected flow: Fired alumina finishing sludge
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_waste, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_waste`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Captured alumina preparation dust (`captured_dust`)

Actual removed filter dust, with phase, impurities and moisture; not the same exchange as uncaptured air emission. Internal recycling cancels only its transfer.

- Selected flow: Captured alumina preparation dust
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_waste, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_waste`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Alumina process wastewater sent to external treatment (`wastewater`)

One actual aqueous waste stream to one treatment route, whole wet mass with independent dissolved/suspended species and liquid state. Direct environmental discharge needs its own receiving-medium species rows.

- Selected flow: Alumina process wastewater sent to external treatment
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_waste, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_waste`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Liquid cooling-circuit purge water (`cooling_purge`)

Actual external liquid purge to its observed treatment destination; do not confuse it with evaporated cooling water or circulating stock.

- Selected flow: Liquid cooling-circuit purge water
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_waste, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_waste`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Worn alumina milling beads (`spent_media`)

Actual external retired media; separate media mass from entrained slurry and retain installed stock and captured wear.

- Selected flow: Worn alumina milling beads
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_waste, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_waste`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Spent resin-bonded diamond grinding wheel (`spent_wheel`)

Whole retired wheel to actual treatment, with retained residual bond, metal and diamond subaccounts. No automatic virgin diamond displacement.

- Selected flow: Spent resin-bonded diamond grinding wheel
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_waste, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_waste`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Spent mineral lubricating oil formulation (`spent_oil`)

Whole waste oil with water/contamination separately assayed; preserve actual leak and recovery destinations.

- Selected flow: Spent mineral lubricating oil formulation
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_waste, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_waste`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Spent polyester dust filter bag (`spent_filter`)

Discarded bag mass apart from separately removed dust; attached dust is a measured subaccount and cannot be counted twice.

- Selected flow: Spent polyester dust filter bag
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_waste, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_waste`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Broken alumina firing sagger (`spent_sagger`)

Actual retired whole ceramic sagger and attached material separately weighed; not one sagger consumed for each kg product.

- Selected flow: Broken alumina firing sagger
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_waste, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_waste`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Removed alumina kiln lining brick (`spent_refractory`)

Actual wet/dry removed lining and attached deposits; keep replacement and asset stock bridges independent of burden allocation.

- Selected flow: Removed alumina kiln lining brick
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_waste, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_waste`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Retired complete ceramic sintering kiln (`retired_kiln`)

Physical retirement event by actual identity and destination; split recovered component streams if actually separated. Service burden follows documented asset accounting, not gross retired mass divided by current Q.

- Selected flow: Retired complete ceramic sintering kiln
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_waste, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_waste`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Retired complete ceramic ball rolling machine (`retired_roller`)

Preserve actual machine retirement, repair and component disposition records separately from rolling electricity.

- Selected flow: Retired complete ceramic ball rolling machine
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_waste, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_waste`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Rejected unfired alumina green spheres (`green_ball_waste`)

One actual discarded green-sphere grade before sintering; independently weigh net wet mass and free moisture. This is a shaped green object, separate from preparation powder reject and from fired-ball waste. Internal green-ball recovery cancels only its transfer and preserves actual crushing/drying/re-rolling energy and losses.

- Selected flow: Rejected unfired alumina green spheres
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_waste, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_waste`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

##### Elementary flows

###### Aluminum oxide (alumina) (`alumina_air`)

Only independently speciated Al2O3 emitted to the native air compartment; total dust or particle-size mass is not proof of Al2O3 mass. Preserve actual crystalline phase and particle fractions.

- Selected flow: Aluminum oxide (alumina)
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_species, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_species`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### carbon dioxide (fossil) (`fossil_co2`)

New fossil CO2 from actual fuel carbon, separately from ambient incoming/pass-through CO2; no limestone or organic binder is presumed for the binder-free body. Native elementary flow is molecular CO2, CAS 124-38-9, fossil origin, emissions to air unspecified, Mass/kg. Broad dry-ice/ion/radiocarbon synonyms are excluded from this actual gaseous stable-molecule fossil exchange. Long-term, non-fossil and ambient pass-through identities are not interchangeable.

- Selected flow: carbon dioxide (fossil) `08a91e70-3ddc-11dd-923d-0050c2490048`
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_species, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_species`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### carbon monoxide (fossil) (`fossil_co`)

Only measured or explicitly carbon-balanced fossil CO to the exact air compartment; do not allocate total carbon simultaneously to CO and CO2. Native elementary flow is molecular CO, CAS 630-08-0, fossil origin, emissions to air unspecified, Mass/kg. Cryogenic-liquid and exhaust/flue-gas synonyms do not permit liquid CO or whole exhaust to replace this measured gaseous molecular exchange. Other compartment or origin needs another identity.

- Selected flow: carbon monoxide (fossil) `08a91e70-3ddc-11dd-924e-0050c2490048`
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_species, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_species`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### nitrogen monoxide (`no_air`)

Actual molecular NO mass; NOx stated as NO2-equivalent is a reporting indicator and cannot be bound as NO mass without independent speciation.

- Selected flow: nitrogen monoxide
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_species, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_species`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Molecular nitrogen dioxide to air (`no2_air`)

Actual NO2 with molecular identity verified independently; N2O4 aliases or total NOx do not establish this exchange.

- Selected flow: Molecular nitrogen dioxide to air
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_species, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_species`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### sulfur dioxide (`so2_air`)

Actual SO2 from independently established sulfur and reaction evidence; total SOx is not molecular SO2 mass.

- Selected flow: sulfur dioxide
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_species, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_species`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Fossil methane to air (`methane_air`)

Only actual CH4 leakage or slip from fuel or equipment with source origin and compartment declared; do not infer it from NMVOC, COD or a whole natural-gas mass.

- Selected flow: Fossil methane to air
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_species, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_species`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Molecular nitrogen in exhaust air (`n2_out`)

Gross outgoing N2 including pass-through and any measured reaction changes; not a total nitrogen pollutant flow.

- Selected flow: Molecular nitrogen in exhaust air
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_species, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_species`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Molecular oxygen in exhaust air (`o2_out`)

Actual residual O2 in exhaust, not oxygen demand or an assumed stoichiometric residual used to fit missing species.

- Selected flow: Molecular oxygen in exhaust air
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_species, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_species`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Natural non-radioactive argon in exhaust air (`argon_out`)

Natural Ar pass-through, independently reconciled; radioactive isotope-specific flows remain unsuitable.

- Selected flow: Natural non-radioactive argon in exhaust air
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_species, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_species`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### water vapour (`water_vapour`)

Actual gaseous H2O to air; keep intake humidity, free-water evaporation and chemically evidenced reaction water as separate origins within the one molecular exchange. Integrated gas volume is not multiplied by time twice.

- Selected flow: water vapour
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_species, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_species`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Atmospheric carbon dioxide passing through exhaust (`ambient_co2_out`)

Keep pass-through CO2 distinct from newly formed fossil CO2, with matched incoming origin. Do not create an avoided-emission credit for this transfer.

- Selected flow: Atmospheric carbon dioxide passing through exhaust
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_species, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_species`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

### Process: Original-cohort packaging and FG services (`service`)

#### Inputs

##### Product flows

###### Corrugated cardboard carton (`pack_carton_new`)

Actual new purchased whole packaging. Internal reuse is not a new purchase; no assumed fixed packaging mass or trip life.

- Selected flow: Corrugated cardboard carton
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_pack, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_pack`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Corrugated cardboard carton (`pack_carton_received_return`)

Actual externally returned reusable packaging entering custody, by identity, material, wet/dry mass and attached contents; do not duplicate original purchase burden.

- Selected flow: Corrugated cardboard carton
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_pack, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_pack`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Polyethylene film (`pack_film_new`)

Actual new purchased whole packaging. Internal reuse is not a new purchase; no assumed fixed packaging mass or trip life. Native Product is PE film, CAS 9002-88-4, production mix at plant, Mass/kg; no fixed grade or geography. Its luggage classification is an isolated taxonomy defect; basename, synonyms and molecular comment consistently identify PE film and explicitly contrast PET. Qualify actual PE resin/form/additives and whole film; no PET, multilayer laminate or resin-pellet substitution. Physical return does not establish repeated virgin production.

- Selected flow: Polyethylene film `e64eb06c-6dc9-45f1-b003-3dc6c44b27e2`
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_pack, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_pack`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Polyethylene film (`pack_film_received_return`)

Actual externally returned reusable packaging entering custody, by identity, material, wet/dry mass and attached contents; do not duplicate original purchase burden. Native Product is PE film, CAS 9002-88-4, production mix at plant, Mass/kg; no fixed grade or geography. Its luggage classification is an isolated taxonomy defect; basename, synonyms and molecular comment consistently identify PE film and explicitly contrast PET. Qualify actual PE resin/form/additives and whole film; no PET, multilayer laminate or resin-pellet substitution. Physical return does not establish repeated virgin production.

- Selected flow: Polyethylene film `e64eb06c-6dc9-45f1-b003-3dc6c44b27e2`
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_pack, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_pack`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Wooden pallets (`pack_pallet_new`)

Actual new purchased whole packaging. Internal reuse is not a new purchase; no assumed fixed packaging mass or trip life. Native Product is one whole wooden-board/slat pallet from a lumber-mill production mix, Mass/kg; no fixed EURO design, mass or lifetime. Its electrical-energy classification is an isolated taxonomy defect; the preserved source classification, both basenames and wooden-board route agree on wood packaging. Qualify actual complete pallet design/wood/moisture and ownership; no plastic pallet, loose timber or collar-only substitution.

- Selected flow: Wooden pallets `e882bdf4-1cf6-4f51-93e9-c6b91855ba02`
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_pack, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_pack`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Wooden pallets (`pack_pallet_received_return`)

Actual externally returned reusable packaging entering custody, by identity, material, wet/dry mass and attached contents; do not duplicate original purchase burden. Native Product is one whole wooden-board/slat pallet from a lumber-mill production mix, Mass/kg; no fixed EURO design, mass or lifetime. Its electrical-energy classification is an isolated taxonomy defect; the preserved source classification, both basenames and wooden-board route agree on wood packaging. Qualify actual complete pallet design/wood/moisture and ownership; no plastic pallet, loose timber or collar-only substitution.

- Selected flow: Wooden pallets `e882bdf4-1cf6-4f51-93e9-c6b91855ba02`
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_pack, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_pack`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Alternating current (`service_electricity`)

Only the actual increment after first release for cohort Qc during observed horizon H: packing, warehouse, handling, dispatch, returns, retesting and real rework. The native CN user-side <1 kV grid-average restriction and MJ property remain mandatory; current-period manufacturing Q is not this denominator.

- Selected flow: Alternating current `50657322-939c-4829-a87b-47c093bfa6a7`
- Flow property / unit: Net calorific value `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66` / MJ
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_service, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_service`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Liquid municipal tap water (`service_water`)

Actual post-release cleaning water by original cohort and observed service event; any real cleaner formulation is added individually. No assumed zero service when product remains in warehouse.

- Selected flow: Liquid municipal tap water
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_service, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_service`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

#### Outputs

##### Product flows

###### Corrugated cardboard carton (`pack_carton_shipped`)

Gross packaging leaving with actual physical shipments, including repeat dispatch; use gross outgoing material, never net Q or an economic burden share.

- Selected flow: Corrugated cardboard carton
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_pack, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_pack`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Corrugated cardboard carton (`pack_carton_returned_out`)

Actual packaging returned externally to supplier/pool; keep separate from internal reuse and saleable ceramic output.

- Selected flow: Corrugated cardboard carton
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_pack, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_pack`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Polyethylene film (`pack_film_shipped`)

Gross packaging leaving with actual physical shipments, including repeat dispatch; use gross outgoing material, never net Q or an economic burden share. Native Product is PE film, CAS 9002-88-4, production mix at plant, Mass/kg; no fixed grade or geography. Its luggage classification is an isolated taxonomy defect; basename, synonyms and molecular comment consistently identify PE film and explicitly contrast PET. Qualify actual PE resin/form/additives and whole film; no PET, multilayer laminate or resin-pellet substitution. Physical return does not establish repeated virgin production.

- Selected flow: Polyethylene film `e64eb06c-6dc9-45f1-b003-3dc6c44b27e2`
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_pack, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_pack`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Polyethylene film (`pack_film_returned_out`)

Actual packaging returned externally to supplier/pool; keep separate from internal reuse and saleable ceramic output. Native Product is PE film, CAS 9002-88-4, production mix at plant, Mass/kg; no fixed grade or geography. Its luggage classification is an isolated taxonomy defect; basename, synonyms and molecular comment consistently identify PE film and explicitly contrast PET. Qualify actual PE resin/form/additives and whole film; no PET, multilayer laminate or resin-pellet substitution. Physical return does not establish repeated virgin production.

- Selected flow: Polyethylene film `e64eb06c-6dc9-45f1-b003-3dc6c44b27e2`
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_pack, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_pack`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Wooden pallets (`pack_pallet_shipped`)

Gross packaging leaving with actual physical shipments, including repeat dispatch; use gross outgoing material, never net Q or an economic burden share. Native Product is one whole wooden-board/slat pallet from a lumber-mill production mix, Mass/kg; no fixed EURO design, mass or lifetime. Its electrical-energy classification is an isolated taxonomy defect; the preserved source classification, both basenames and wooden-board route agree on wood packaging. Qualify actual complete pallet design/wood/moisture and ownership; no plastic pallet, loose timber or collar-only substitution.

- Selected flow: Wooden pallets `e882bdf4-1cf6-4f51-93e9-c6b91855ba02`
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_pack, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_pack`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Wooden pallets (`pack_pallet_returned_out`)

Actual packaging returned externally to supplier/pool; keep separate from internal reuse and saleable ceramic output. Native Product is one whole wooden-board/slat pallet from a lumber-mill production mix, Mass/kg; no fixed EURO design, mass or lifetime. Its electrical-energy classification is an isolated taxonomy defect; the preserved source classification, both basenames and wooden-board route agree on wood packaging. Qualify actual complete pallet design/wood/moisture and ownership; no plastic pallet, loose timber or collar-only substitution.

- Selected flow: Wooden pallets `e882bdf4-1cf6-4f51-93e9-c6b91855ba02`
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_pack, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_pack`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

##### Waste flows

###### Waste corrugated cardboard carton (`pack_carton_waste`)

Actual discarded packaging to its specific waste route; retain contamination and moisture and split separately recovered components.

- Selected flow: Waste corrugated cardboard carton
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_pack, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_pack`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Waste polyethylene film (`pack_film_waste`)

Actual discarded packaging to its specific waste route; retain contamination and moisture and split separately recovered components.

- Selected flow: Waste polyethylene film
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_pack, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_pack`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Waste wooden pallets (`pack_pallet_waste`)

Actual discarded packaging to its specific waste route; retain contamination and moisture and split separately recovered components.

- Selected flow: Waste wooden pallets
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_pack, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_pack`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Broken previously released alumina grinding spheres (`service_breakage`)

Actual post-release damage remains attached to its original manufacturing cohort; returns, reinspection and reshipment create no new Q. Record true incremental cleaning or rework separately.

- Selected flow: Broken previously released alumina grinding spheres
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_service, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_service`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

###### Post-release sphere cleaning wastewater to treatment (`service_wastewater`)

Actual whole aqueous waste from observed service, with suspended fired alumina, water and contaminants independently measured; no COD-to-species fiction.

- Selected flow: Post-release sphere cleaning wastewater to treatment
- Flow property / unit: Mass `93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66` / kg
- Amount rule: Use this row single final quotient in Section 8; retain undivided raw records through cp_service, without dividing again.
- Value mode: Calculated from collection (`calculated_value`)
- Specificity: Site-specific (`site_specific`)
- Normalization basis: per reference flow
- Basis kind: Reference flow (`reference_flow`)
- Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (`calculated_from_collection`)
- Collection protocol: `cp_service`
- Sources: `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`

## 7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

| rule_id | applies_to | rule | source_ids |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| a_scope | attributional multifunctionality | This method uses attributional accounting where allocation is needed. First assign dedicated operations and independently measured exchanges, including virtual subdivision of embodied powder and separately observed services. Internal recycling, returnable packs and saleable size fractions do not justify automatic credits. | `jrc-ilcd-detailed-2010` |
| a_causality | each residual shared exchange | For remaining joint loads identify and quantify the exchange-specific determining physical cause using real process response and batch/service measurements. Do not select physical or economic allocation arbitrarily or impose one mass share on every exchange. Heating, rolling, finishing and warehousing may have different causes; unsupported causality remains unresolved. | `jrc-ilcd-detailed-2010` |
| a_market | genuinely residual multifunctional load | Only the genuinely unassignable residual uses contemporaneous market values for real outputs at the same common-process gate, amount and actual condition. If prices refer to further processed, sorted, packed, transported or marketed products, remove those downstream differences with evidence. Retain quantity/price provenance, sensitivity and uncertainty; no fixed percentages or sales-receipt rule. | `jrc-ilcd-detailed-2010` |
| a_waste | rejects and treatment | Rejected balls, powder, sludge, waste packaging and exhausted assets are waste unless actual product status and usable specification are independently established at the relevant gate. Preserve treatment burdens and gross material routes; no assumed displaced virgin material, avoided use electricity or extension of lifetime. | `jrc-ilcd-detailed-2010` |
| asset_manufacture_conservation | existing capital/reusable manufacture attribution | Within the applicable allocation decision context, original manufacture burden attributed across uses of actual capital equipment or reusable articles already included in foreground production, packaging or observed services uses one persistent same-asset ledger across all crops, products, cohorts, manufacturing/postrelease services, owners and observation periods. D is its supported whole installed service: all realized historical service plus supported remaining service in the same units as actual beneficiary use u; D must be finite and positive. Period capacity, remaining-only capacity, the physical asset/article mass alone, or current-period product Q alone is not D; supported whole-service throughput in mass units may be used when it demonstrates the causal service and matches u. This does not amortize the manufactured reference product over downstream life or change its declared reference gate/Q. The fractions u/D and all previously assigned manufacture shares together must never exceed 1. Changes of window, custody, provider or repair never restart the original manufacture balance. Replacements have distinct identities and only their real new manufacture vectors; actual repair and treatment increments remain separately accounted. Revised capacity evidence requires transparent reconciliation of prior shares and sensitivity, not a fresh ledger. Keep full physical mass and stock movements independent of burden shares. Unknown D, prior shares or beneficiary coverage requires review and no final manufacture-attributed amount; no assumed lifetime, utilization, zero or arbitrary division is permitted. For each existing collection protocol that attributes manufacture of included production, packaging or observed-service assets across uses in this route (excluding amortization of the manufactured reference product itself), additionally retain a durable asset identity, its measured full physical mass and acquisition/installation/retirement stock history, original manufacture burden vector, all historical and current beneficiaries, matched-unit service readings, the evidenced whole installed-service denominator D, supported remaining-service basis and uncertainty, prior assigned shares and remaining original manufacture balance. Carry the ledger across reporting windows and custody/provider changes. Collect actual repair, replacement, recovery and treatment separately; these records do not normalize physical movements or create an additional asset purchase. These are added fields and conservation obligations for the existing applicable protocols, not a new assumed capital inventory. |  |

## 8. Foreground Data Collection, Calculation, and Quality Rules

### Data Collection Protocols

For each existing collection protocol that attributes manufacture of included production, packaging or observed-service assets across uses in this route (excluding amortization of the manufactured reference product itself), additionally retain a durable asset identity, its measured full physical mass and acquisition/installation/retirement stock history, original manufacture burden vector, all historical and current beneficiaries, matched-unit service readings, the evidenced whole installed-service denominator D, supported remaining-service basis and uncertainty, prior assigned shares and remaining original manufacture balance. Carry the ledger across reporting windows and custody/provider changes. Collect actual repair, replacement, recovery and treatment separately; these records do not normalize physical movements or create an additional asset purchase. These are added fields and conservation obligations for the existing applicable protocols, not a new assumed capital inventory.

The table aggregation basis declares the final target per reference flow only and performs no quotient. Every protocol collects undivided raw totals; unit conversion, stock attribution and the Section 8 single final quotient are separate.

| protocol_id | process_id | flow_role | record_type | raw_fields | collection_method | unit | frequency | temporal_coverage | site_scope | aggregation_rule | quality_evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| cp_release | manufacture | finished_spheres | batch quality and weighing record | unique release ID; batch grade; first-release timestamp; calibrated gross tare net mass; moisture and phase tests; size distribution; final quality decision; opening closing released FG; gross dispatch IDs; returns; original release link | Weigh the accepted net complete spheres on a calibrated scale excluding packaging; reconcile grade and unique first quality release, keep failures and unreleased WIP separate. | kg | each batch and stock boundary | complete declared manufacturing cohort | all declared plant stages | per reference flow | calibration; tare checks; grade assay; phase test; quality disposition; unique ID reconciliation |
| cp_material | manufacture | each purchased material | receipt recipe and stage balance | exchange ID; supplier whole formulation; chemical assay; phase; delivered form; wet dry mass; independent moisture; opening closing raw WIP unassigned store quantities; per-exchange inherited burden vector; actual stage consumption; internal transfer ID; supplier boundary | Weigh and sample whole supplies and each real preparation stage; distinguish external purchase from internal movement and assay-only subaccounts. Record gross-entry versus already stock-adjusted consumption and the stock corrections included before any further vector adjustment. | row native units | each receipt batch and stock boundary | complete cohort including all failed runs | supplier gate to first release | per reference flow | weighbridge; inventory counts; supplier assay; sampled moisture; transfer reconciliation |
| cp_energy | manufacture | each energy carrier and actual return | meter operating-mode and utility record | exchange ID; raw meter start end; genuine rate interval; native unit; kWh; gas actual standard volume; composition; measured density; net heat value; carrier mass; supply return temperature pressure dryness enthalpy; supplier water energy convention; failures start stop idle cleanup; allocation measurements | Use calibrated submeters and actual utility contracts; preserve physical carrier and heat subaccounts, all operating modes and observed external return conditions. | row native units | each operating interval and campaign | entire cohort including zero output | all actual preparation drying kiln finishing and utility stages | per reference flow | meter calibration; unit conditions; heating-value test; enthalpy evidence; mode logs |
| cp_transport | manufacture | freight | consignment route record | shipment ID; material ID; payload mass; route distance; vehicle type; load factor; empty return boundary; tonne kilometre basis | Retain real shipment tickets, payload and route evidence; allocate actual service using supported causality. | t km | each actual shipment | declared procurement cohort | actual inbound routes | per reference flow | tickets; route source; payload checks |
| cp_asset | manufacture | each asset tool or fluid | physical asset and service ledger | asset ID; composition; opening installed stock; new used additions; replaced component IDs; actual service events; maintenance; moisture deposits; installed fluid; closing stock; retirement; inherited service burden; supported attribution basis | Count and weigh actual assets/parts/fluids independently; determine attributable service from real documented asset and use history without an assumed lifetime. | row native units | each installation maintenance and stock boundary | whole observed asset and cohort service records | actual plant asset boundary | per reference flow | asset register; maintenance evidence; service basis; component and fluid balance |
| cp_waste | manufacture | each external waste | waste sampling and transfer ledger | waste ID; stage origin; actual type; wet mass; dry solids; independent species and moisture; destination; external treatment ticket; retained stock; internal recycle; rework energy | Weigh each real waste stream at its destination boundary and independently sample composition; distinguish internal recovery from external treatment and direct discharge. | kg | each removal and representative sample | all cohort runs and stock intervals | actual process and waste gate | per reference flow | tickets; calibrated scale; lab sampling; destination and closure evidence |
| cp_species | manufacture | each environmental molecular exchange | speciated inlet outlet measurement | species ID; formula; phase; source origin; compartment; gross inlet outlet; actual versus standard state; measured concentration; genuine flow rate and interval or integrated volume; independent density; free structural reaction water evidence; relevant element assay; analytical detection limit | Use independent species/phase measurements and source carbon/water evidence; retain indicator readings separately. Reconcile physical and element gates without fitting multiple unknown species from one residual. | kg | representative intervals including actual startup idle and failed modes | complete cohort with declared sampling representativeness | each actual intake stack and discharge boundary | per reference flow | lab method; detection limit; meter state; independent species and element reconciliation |
| cp_pack | service | each specific packaging row | gross packaging custody ledger | material and type ID; ownership; actual composition; measured mass; opening empty attached WIP attached FG reusable stock; new purchases; raw-supply receipts; external returns received; closing same stocks; gross dispatched; external returns out; waste; internal reuse; provider burden convention; receiving cohort; actual new/removed repair components and independently measured water uptake/release; dry matter and full wet opening/closing stocks; source phase destination and included-flow checks | Count and weigh each packaging material and attached contents separately at every custody movement; preserve physical total regardless of burden allocation or net delivery. | kg | each receipt shipment return discard and stock boundary | manufacturing and original-cohort service horizon | plant packaging custody and external pools | per reference flow | packaging counts; weighed tare; ownership; stock and gross shipment reconciliation |
| cp_service | service | post-release increment | original cohort service event record | original release ID; cohort grade; original Qc; observation horizon H; opening closing FG; incoming returns; gross dispatch; breakage; actual energy water chemicals waste; retest; incremental rework; original burden vector; calibrated measurements | Link every real post-release event to its original released cohort and observe incremental loads, preserving historical burden; do not relabel returns as new production. Verify actual repair permission, required post-work retests and acceptance/disposition; measure new/removed material and water phases without assumed restorability. | row native units | each event and observed stock boundary | explicit observed H for original cohort Qc | actual packing storage dispatch return and service boundary | per reference flow | cohort links; calibrated events; stock bridge; declared incomplete future horizon |
| cp_pack_m | manufacture | each specific packaging row | gross packaging custody ledger | material and type ID; ownership; actual composition; measured mass; opening empty attached WIP attached FG reusable stock; new purchases; raw-supply receipts; external returns received; closing same stocks; gross dispatched; external returns out; waste; internal reuse; provider burden convention; receiving cohort; actual new/removed repair components and independently measured water uptake/release; dry matter and full wet opening/closing stocks; source phase destination and included-flow checks | Count and weigh each packaging material and attached contents separately at every custody movement; preserve physical total regardless of burden allocation or net delivery. | kg | each receipt shipment return discard and stock boundary | manufacturing and original-cohort service horizon | plant packaging custody and external pools | per reference flow | packaging counts; weighed tare; ownership; stock and gross shipment reconciliation |

### Calculation Rules

For materials raw_i denotes actual current external receipts/purchases and current processing loads; issues and stage transfers are internal subaccounts and cannot add another purchase. Carry opening/closing inherited vectors independently for each exchange. Model current capital-service demand separately from its upstream burden vector; an impact vector is not asset kg. Preserve separate gross physical accounts for new/used additions, repairs, installed fluids and retirement without economic scaling.

| rule_id | Applies to | Formula or rule | Inputs | Output | source_ids |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| calc_raw_units | all inventory rows | Convert each original unit first; integrate true rates over actual intervals and do not re-integrate accumulated quantities. Preserve native row extensive unit; independently evidence density, gas composition, heat value and enthalpy. Output undivided raw_i. | original_measurement; original_unit; measured_state; conversion_evidence; cp_material; cp_energy; cp_species; cp_transport | raw_i | `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007` |
| calc_manufacture | manufacture | q_i = A_i / Q; A_i = direct assigned raw_i plus exchange-specific shares of genuinely joint raw_i plus opening raw/WIP/unassigned-store inherited burden_i minus closing raw/WIP/unassigned-store inherited burden_i; preserve all actual failure/zero-output/idle/rework loads; closing already-released FG is not subtracted; Q = unique first-release net sphere mass in kg from cp_release; Q>0 only. Each numerator retains its own extensive unit; q_i is per 1 kg reference flow. No second quotient. Current raw_i in this stock bridge uses gross-entry burden before those corrections; if source consumption already includes stock adjustments, preserve its basis and apply only remaining unincluded WIP/non-WIP vectors, not the same raw-stock correction again. | raw_i; opening_vector_i; closing_vector_i; exchange_allocation_evidence; Q; cp_release | q_i | `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`; `jrc-ilcd-detailed-2010` |
| calc_service | service | s_i = deltaA_i / Qc; deltaA_i = actual attributable post-release incremental load during observed H for original cohort c; retain original inherited manufacture vector with that cohort; Qc = its original unique first-release net mass in kg. Physical packaging rows retain gross custody movement and original production burden only once. s_i is per 1 kg reference flow for that original cohort; no new Q and no second quotient. For ledger-only FG and packaging physical movement cards, deltaA_i is instead the full actually measured gross quantity of the particular leg in its own native extensive unit, not a service burden vector. Do not add inherited manufacturing/purchase burdens, apply another stock correction or scale that physical leg by an economic burden share. Normalize its gross amount once by original Qc and report it separately from actual attributed service burdens; physical dispatch, supplier-included arrival and returns create no extra purchase or coproduct credit. Actual services already performed on held closing FG retain their burden under original Qc/H without a deduction merely because the goods remain held. Independently preserve the matched original-delivery record; a changed wet or damaged return is not an assumed reversal of the original delivered quantity. | original_release_id; Qc; H; deltaA_i; inherited_manufacture_vector; cp_service; cp_pack | s_i | `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`; `jrc-ilcd-detailed-2010` |
| calc_zero | manufacture; service | When Q or Qc is zero retain actual raw loads, stocks and investigation records; issue no unit result, exclude no failed batch and fabricate no positive denominator. | Q; Qc; raw_i; cp_release; cp_service | zero_output_load_ledger | `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`; `jrc-ilcd-detailed-2010` |
| calc_physical | manufacture; service; combined | At each gate reconcile opening physical stock plus all actual ingress = closing stock plus all actual egress; cancel internal transfers once on consolidation. Independently reconcile relevant elements and each real species/water state with measured uncertainty; never fit two unknowns to one residual or scale physical totals by economic shares. | physical_stock; physical_ingress; physical_egress; species_assay; element_assay; state_evidence | physical_gate_reconciliation | `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007` |
| calc_pack | each packaging material | For each material/type/ownership execute the complete b_pack physical bridge, retaining empty, WIP-attached, FG-attached and reusable stocks plus raw-supply receipts/new purchases/external returns. Separate gross physical dispatch, external return and waste; cancel internal reuse. No inclusion in ceramic Q, automatic coproduct or credit. | opening_pack_stock; closing_pack_stock; new_pack; inbound_pack; return_received; gross_pack_dispatch; external_return; pack_waste; cp_pack; cp_pack_m | packaging_custody_reconciliation | `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007` |
| asset_manufacture_share | existing capital/reusable manufacture attribution | For each included original asset manufacture vector B, f_current = u_current / D only after the persistent ledger verifies the supported whole installed-service denominator, all beneficiaries and prior assigned shares. Attribute f_current * B once to the actual beneficiary before the existing single reference normalization. Check prior_shares + all current/new beneficiary shares <= 1; carry the remaining original balance. Capacity revisions reconcile the historical ledger. Full physical asset/packaging mass and actual gross stocks/returns never receive f_current. Unknown D or history leaves the final attributed result unavailable, without suppressing actual repair/replacement/service burdens. | asset_id; original_B; u_current; D; historical_beneficiaries; prior_shares; capacity_evidence | conserved attributed manufacture vector |  |

### Data Quality Requirements

| requirement_id | Applies to | Requirement | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| dq_identity | each product and species | Evidence actual whole object, material, supplied state, phase, use and every native restriction; a broad Product family needs explicit product qualifiers, not CPC/name matching. | native exact record; supplier assay; product drawing; route and acceptance record |
| dq_measurement | each raw record | Use calibrated measurements and original units, with representative coverage of start/stop, idle, failures and zero output; report detection limits, missingness and uncertainty. | calibration; original readings; sampling design; mode logs |
| dq_stocks | every cohort and gate | Complete per-exchange inherited vectors and physical raw/WIP/FG/asset/packaging bridges; separate historical manufacture from incremental service and disclose unobserved future service beyond H. | opening closing inventory; cohort bridge; service observation |
| dq_sources | each external rule | Retain complete source/context and applicability; multiple fragments of one publication are not independent sources and a successful read is not scientific coverage. | original provenance; contextual read; applicability assessment |
| dq_completeness | all inventory and allocation | Add actual extra exchanges individually and never label unmeasured as zero. Ordinary auxiliary identity/provider/future quantity gaps do not alone lower maturity; real core identity or complete-method gaps retain a true hold. | raw-to-row audit; exclusions; gap register; allocation sensitivity |

## 9. Validation Rules

| rule_id | applies_to | rule | source_ids |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| v_identity | reference and every UUID | Confirm whole solid fired alumina grinding spheres independently of powder feed and hollow granules. Every bound UUID requires compatible native material/CAS/form/route/geography/media/type and all property references; a search name, classification, unit chain or successful check is insufficient. Missing core reference identity prevents usable methodology; ordinary auxiliary/provider gaps remain disclosed. | `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`; `jrc-ilcd-detailed-2010` |
| v_release | Q and cohort | Q counts measured net mass at unique first release once. Closing released FG cannot reduce manufacturing loads; returns/retest/dispatch do not add Q. Check manufacturing and service physical bridges with original release IDs, raw/WIP inherited vectors, Qc and H. | `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`; `jrc-ilcd-detailed-2010` |
| v_amount | all inventory rows | Validate raw units and genuine rate integration, actual allocation and inherited vectors before exactly one A/Q or increment/Qc normalization. Collection retains undivided raw records; cards/aggregation reference the same final result. Q=0 retains real loads but produces no unit result. | `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`; `jrc-ilcd-detailed-2010` |
| v_species | physical and elemental gates | Mass/element closure does not prove molecular speciation or reaction water. No total NOx/VOC/COD/dust indicator becomes one molecular flow by convenience. Preserve free/structural/reaction water and each real air/liquid/solid destination with independent assays; one residual cannot solve two unknowns. | `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`; `jrc-ilcd-detailed-2010` |
| v_pack_asset | packaging assets carriers | Reconcile gross physical packaging receipts, stocks, repeated shipment, returns and waste; distinguish installed assets and fluids from service burdens. Inspect actual external heat-carrier returns and provider conventions without creating fictitious boiler, steam or credits. | `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`; `jrc-ilcd-detailed-2010` |
| v_scope_quality | complete dataset | Require actual routes/qualifiers, source provenance, calibration, representative coverage, failures/missingness, uncertainty and evidence for absence. Any real unlisted exchange is added specifically. Methodology, translation, mapping and publication reviews remain separate; engineering validity cannot establish plant evidence or scientific approval. | `cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020`; `union-process-grinding-media`; `jrc-ceramic-bref-2007`; `jrc-ilcd-detailed-2010` |
| validate_asset_manufacture_conservation | existing capital/reusable manufacture attribution | For every included capital/reusable manufacture attribution verify same-asset continuity, whole installed service in matched units, all historical/current beneficiaries, prior assigned manufacture shares and cumulative share <= 1. Reject a reset by period, cohort, provider, owner or repair. Check distinct real replacement and incremental repair/treatment vectors separately and preserve gross physical mass. A missing denominator, unexplained previous allocation or incomplete beneficiary ledger requires explicit review and an unavailable final attributed amount; structural inspection cannot claim empirical completeness. |  |

## 10. Published Dataset Profile

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| dataset_role | secondary_dataset; background_dataset |
| downstream_use | Actual grade-specific grinding-media manufacture background after core identity confirmation and independent review |
| allowed_use | Link only with compatible actual product/route/unit/geography/period/supplier boundary; report manufacture and observed-H service separately or explicitly consolidate |
| excluded_use | Equal grinding-service comparisons, inferred particle mass, life/harmlessness claims, other media/routes and usable data with unconfirmed core identity |
| required_metadata | site region period and actual supplier; one complete solid sphere grade and intended grinding use; alumina assay crystalline phase impurities and supplied powder form; binder-free water-assisted rolling and actual supplier versus on-site preparation; actual furnace energy atmosphere heating cooling and failed operating modes; fired size shape surface finish and quality tests; unique first-release net mass Q and measured moisture; opening closing raw WIP unassigned stores and per-exchange inherited burden vectors; FG cohort gross dispatch returns and original release bridge; service horizon H and original cohort Qc; each packaging material ownership full stocks and gross physical movements; equipment lining sagger tooling installed fluid stocks and actual service basis; each real species phase compartment origin and independently measured state; carrier mass heat enthalpy provider water convention and real external returns; allocation evidence data uncertainty missing identities and downstream use limits |
| required_quality_disclosure | Full provenance/limitations; distinguish measurements/formulas/inferences; separate core hold and ordinary gaps; all failures, measurement uncertainty, stock history, observed H and allocation sensitivity |
| update_trigger | Grade/recipe/phase/forming/firing/finishing changes, energy/provider/native identity updates, stock/cohort corrections, extended service H and methodology review |

## 11. Data Sources

| Source id | Type | Reference | Used for |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| cn111116183a-alumina-spheres-2020 | literature | CN111116183A, 2020-05-08; https://patents.google.com/patent/CN111116183A/zh ; original seven-page PDF, description and Figure 1 | Qualitative powder-to-rolled-sphere route; Figure/prose starting-boundary difference; alternatives excluded. Patent examples are not factory inventory, universal purity/size/temperature, absence of emissions or life evidence. |
| union-process-grinding-media | handbook | Union Process, Grinding Media, ©2017 brochure; https://www.unionprocess.com.cn/uploads/soft/UP_YMJZ_EN.pdf ; complete six-page brochure, material/form comparisons | Manufactured grinding-media identity and material/shape counterexamples, selection and sorting. Commercial grades differ from the patent case; no mass per item, equal grinding service or default formulation. |
| jrc-ceramic-bref-2007 | official_guidance | European Commission, Ceramic Manufacturing Industry BREF, August 2007; https://bureau-industrial-transformation.jrc.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2019-11/cer_bref_0807.pdf ; sections 2.3.8.1–2.3.8.9 and adjacent alternatives | Qualitative supplied-material boundary, technical-ceramic preparation, firing, actual hard finishing and final control. Sector examples and figures are not a common recipe, energy/emission factor or allocation rule. |
| jrc-ilcd-detailed-2010 | official_guidance | European Commission JRC, ILCD Handbook General guide—Detailed guidance, First edition March 2010; https://eplca.jrc.ec.europa.eu/uploads/ILCD-Handbook-General-guide-for-LCA-DETAILED-GUIDANCE-12March2010-ISBN-fin-v1.0-EN.pdf ; sections 7.9.2–7.9.3 | Attributional subdivision and exchange-specific determining physical causality, then residual common-gate market value; actual raw data, stock and cohort accounting below are explicit PCR collection requirements, not reported observations from ILCD. |
| unsd-cpc3-explanatory-2025 | official_guidance | UNSD; Central Product Classification version 3.0 explanatory notes; 30 June 2025; pp. 182–183. https://unstats.un.org/unsd/classifications/Econ/Download/In%20Text/CPC_Ver_3.0_Exp_Notes_30Jun2025.pdf | Official category descriptions supporting the accepted narrower classification; not a retrieved itemized CPC3.0–HS concordance. |
| wco-hs2022-ceramics | official_guidance | World Customs Organization; HS 2022 Chapter 69; note 1(a), headings 6903 and 6909. https://www.wcoomd.org/-/media/wco/public/global/pdf/topics/nomenclature/instruments-and-tools/hs-nomenclature-2022/2022/1369_2022e.pdf?la=en | Refractory versus technical ceramic boundary used with actual product scope; no automatic six-digit subheading or material-property default. |
| cafc-schlumberger-2017 | official_guidance | US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; Schlumberger Technology Corp. v. United States, No. 2015-2076; decided 9 January 2017; p. 12. https://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions-orders/15-2076.opinion.1-6-2017.1.pdf | Published historical witness to EN6909 technical grinding-ball example; the case concerns proppants and does not classify this PCR, provide a current CPC3.0–HS concordance, or set material-property defaults. |
