Ammonium nitrite (ammonium nitrite production)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product ammonium nitrite' is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 013446-48-5. It is called 'ammonium nitrite' under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: H4N2O2. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and appears as pale yellow crystalls. It is highly unstable and decomposes into water and nitrogen even at room temperature. 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: chemicals. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.