EcoSpold 2 · Calculation comparison

ecoinvent 3.12 cut-off, ecotoxicity: freshwater, inorganics

A comparison of published impact results with VoLCA calculations from the same source data and the publisher’s impact factors. Points on the diagonal agree.

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Engine version: volca 0.13.0 (8c0396c, v0.13.0, linux)
Measured on: 2026-09-18

Comparison measurements and reference
Database	ecoinvent 3.12 cut-off
Source format	EcoSpold 2
Impact method collection	EF v3.1
Impact category	ecotoxicity: freshwater, inorganics
Unit	CTUe
Activities compared	20,210
Median ratio (VoLCA / published)	1.0003
Comparison band	1%
Activities outside the band	600
Share outside the band	2.97%
Verdict	Agrees: meets the agreement a release is held to
Points drawn	2,022
Largest relative deviation	+81.51%
Activity with largest deviation	uranium production, in yellowcake
Published reference	ecoinvent 3.12_cut-off_cumulative_lcia_xlsx.7z

Each point is one activity: what ecoinvent 3.12 cut-off published for ecotoxicity: freshwater, inorganics (CTUe), against what VoLCA computes from the same EcoSpold 2 source under the publisher's own EF v3.1 factors. The black line is equality and the grey band is 1%. 20,210 activities were compared; 600 fall outside the band, more than a picture can hold, so 1,838 of the 20,210 are drawn, evenly spaced over the published value whichever side of the band they fall, and the 184 of the 200 farthest from equality that this walk missed are added. Where several fall on one spot, at most three markers are drawn there, since a fourth would not darken it. Median ratio 1.0003, 2.97% outside the band. This meets the agreement a release is held to: at most 5% of activities outside the band and a median ratio inside it.