Phosphorus oxychloride (production - from phosphorus trichloride)

The activity generating the emissions is phosphorus oxychloride production, from phosphorus trichloride. The Reference Product is phosphorus oxychloride. Phosphorus oxychloride is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 010025-87-3. It is called phosphoryl trichloride under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: Cl3OP. It is liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure with a pungent 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. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on a consumer level. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: semiconductors and chemicals, as a precursor for plasticisers and flame retardants. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/24548/documentation