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Potassium nitrate (potassium nitrate production)

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Ammonia

Ammonium nitrate

Ammonium nitrate - CaCO3 or inorganic non-fertilisers

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'potassium nitrate' is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 007757-79-1. It is called 'potassium;nitrate' under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: KNO3. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and it has no odor. It is modelled as a pure substance. Modelling this substance in a solution requires the user to add the solvent of their choice in their models. On a consumer level is used in the following products: fertilisers cosmetics and personal care products anti-freeze products and washing & cleaning products. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on industrial sites. Based on EU regulations (REGULATION (EU) 2019/1009) if this substance would be used as fertiliser it could be labelled as N-P-K of: (14-0-39). The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming 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 not included meaning the emission factor does not account for capital goods.

Basic organic chemicals

Emission intensity of supply chain (purchase of service/standard good/capital good) in US dollars spend on: chemicals and chemical products. Factors retrieved from the Quantis+GHG Protocol Scope 3 Calculator for the year 2016 and apply for years beyond 2016. The same emission factor applies to different types of investments in joint ventures/subsidiaries/associate companies that were not captured in Scope 1 emissions.

Chemicals and chemical products

Emission intensity of supply chain (with margins i.e. cradle to shelf) in US dollars spend on: chemicals (except basic chemicals/agrichemicals/polymers/paints/pharmaceuticals/soaps/cleaning compounds). This factor is representative of the described commodity (equivalent to a goods or services category) and was obtained from the USEEIO model v1.0.1. Refer to the source for the source-specific data quality assessment. Retrieved from Supply Chain Factors Dataset v1.1.1

Chemicals (except basic chemicals/agrichemicals/polymers/paints/pharmaceuticals/soaps/cleaning compounds)

Emission intensity of supply chain (with margins i.e. cradle to shelf) in US dollars spend on: chemicals (except basic chemicals/agrichemicals/polymers/paints/pharmaceuticals/soaps/cleaning compounds). This factor is representative of the described commodity (equivalent to a goods or services category) and was obtained from the USEEIO model. Refer to the source for the source-specific data quality assessment.

Property	Value
Name	Potassium nitrate (potassium nitrate production)
Sector	Materials and Manufacturing
Category	Chemical Products
Source	ecoinvent
Region	China (CN), European Union (EU), North America (N_AMERICA), Rest-of-World (RoW)
Unit Type	Weight
Year	2007 2013
LCA Activity	Refer to source

Emission Factor Name	Region	Source	Year	Unit
Potassium nitrate (potassium nitrate production)	China	ecoinvent	2007	Weight
Potassium nitrate (potassium nitrate production)	European Union	ecoinvent	2013	Weight
Potassium nitrate (potassium nitrate production)	North America	ecoinvent	2013	Weight
Potassium nitrate (potassium nitrate production)	Rest-of-World	ecoinvent	2007	Weight
Basic organic chemicals	Alberta, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	British Columbia, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	Manitoba, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	New Brunswick, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	Newfoundland and Labrador, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	Nova Scotia, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	Northwest Territories, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	Nunavut, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	Ontario, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	Prince Edward Island, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	Quebec, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	Saskatchewan, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	Yukon, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Chemicals and chemical products	Global	GHG Protocol	2016	Money
Chemicals (except basic chemicals/agrichemicals/polymers/paints/pharmaceuticals/soaps/cleaning compounds)	United States of America (the)	EPA	2018	Money
Chemicals (except basic chemicals/agrichemicals/polymers/paints/pharmaceuticals/soaps/cleaning compounds)	United States of America (the)	EPA	2018	Money

Potassium nitrate (potassium nitrate production)

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