Europe (Ecoinvent)

Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent)

Benzene (benzene production)

Global

Silicon - electronics grade (market for)

United States of America (the)

All other miscellaneous chemical product and preparation manufacturing

United Arab Emirates (the)

Afghanistan

Antigua and Barbuda

Albania

Angola

Argentina

Austria

Australia

Barbados

Bangladesh

Belgium

Burkina Faso

Bulgaria

Bahrain

Burundi

Benin

Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Brazil

Bahamas

Bhutan

Belize

Canada

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

Central African Republic

Congo

Switzerland

Côte d'Ivoire

Chile

Cameroon

China

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cyprus

Czechia

Germany

Denmark

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Algeria

Ecuador

Estonia

Egypt

Spain

Ethiopia

Finland

Fiji

France

Gabon

United Kingdom

Grenada

Gambia

Guinea

Equatorial Guinea

Greece

Guatemala

Guinea-Bissau

Hong Kong

Honduras

Croatia

Haiti

Hungary

Indonesia

Ireland

Israel

India

Iraq

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Iceland

Italy

Jamaica

Jordan

Japan

Kenya

Cambodia

Kiribati

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Kazakhstan

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Lebanon

Saint Lucia

Sri Lanka

Lesotho

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Latvia

Morocco

Petrochemical manufacturing

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. Benzene' is an organic substance with a CAS no. : 000071-43-2. It is called 'benzene' under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: C6H6. It is liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure with a gasoline like odour. It is modelled as a pure substance.  On a consumer level, is used in the following products: laboratory chemicals. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: chemicals, coating, fillers, polymers, plastics and gasoline additives. If used as a fuel, it has a calorific value of 42.50 MJ/kg and is a fossil fuel, sourced from catalytic reforming of crude oil. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

Property	Value
Name	Benzene (benzene production)
Sector	Materials and Manufacturing
Category	Chemical Products
Source	ecoinvent
Region	Europe (Ecoinvent) (ECOINVENT_EUROPE), Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent) (ECOINVENT_ROW)
Unit Type	Weight
Year	1999
LCA Activity	unknown

Emission Factor Name	Region	Source	Year	Unit
Benzene (benzene production)	Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	1999	Weight
Benzene (benzene production)	Europe (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	1999	Weight

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