Global

Activated bentonite (market for activated bentonite)

Alberta, CA

British Columbia, CA

Manitoba, CA

New Brunswick, CA

Newfoundland and Labrador, CA

Nova Scotia, CA

Northwest Territories, CA

Nunavut, CA

Ontario, CA

Prince Edward Island, CA

Quebec, CA

Saskatchewan, CA

Yukon, CA

United Kingdom

United States of America (the)

Petrochemicals

Ammonia and chemical fertilizers

Basic organic chemicals

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product "activated bentonite" represents a mix of products put together from the production processes of alkaline activated bentonite (38%) acid activated bentonite (61%) and catalytic converter (1%). Bentonite is an industrial mineral with a high content of swellable three layer clay minerals which originate mostly from the transformation of volcanic ashes and tuffs. Alkaline activated bentonite is used for the production of casting moulds for various applications in the construction sector for wine clarification and for paper recycling. Acid activated bentonite is mostly used for the production of bleaching earth and self-copying paper. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is 1.

Emission intensity of the supply chain per Canadian dollar spent on: basic organic chemicals. Retrieved from the OpenIO-Canada v2.9 model which is a Canadian Environmentally Extended Input-Output (EEIO) model. The emission factor is provided in purchaser price including taxes retail margins and distribution costs. Endogenization is included meaning the emission factor also accounts for capital goods.

Emission intensity of the supply chain per Canadian dollar spent on: basic organic chemicals. Retrieved from the OpenIO-Canada v2.9 model which is a Canadian Environmentally Extended Input-Output (EEIO) model. The emission factor is provided in purchaser price including taxes retail margins and distribution costs. Endogenization is not included meaning the emission factor does not account for capital goods.

Property	Value
Name	Activated bentonite (market for activated bentonite)
Sector	Materials and Manufacturing
Category	Chemical Products
Source	ecoinvent
Region	Global (GLOBAL)
Unit Type	Weight
Year	2011
LCA Activity	unknown

Activated bentonite (market for activated bentonite)

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Petrochemicals

Ammonia and chemical fertilizers

Basic organic chemicals