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Appendix A<br />

Appendix A 9 Abiotic Depletion Potential<br />

The abiotic depletion potential covers all natural resources (incl. fossil energy carriers) as<br />

metal containing ores, crude oil and mineral raw materials. Abiotic resources include all<br />

raw materials from non-living resources that are non-renewable. This impact category<br />

describes the reduction of the global amount of non-renewable raw materials. Nonrenewable<br />

means a time frame of at least 500 years. This impact category covers an<br />

evaluation of the availability of natural elements in general, as well as the availability of<br />

fossil energy carriers. The reference substance for the characterisation factors is antimony.<br />

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