Sodium nitrate (production)

The activity generating the emissions is sodium nitrate production. The Reference Product is sodium nitrate. Sodium nitrate is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 007631-99-4. It is called sodium;nitrate under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: NNaO3. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and appears as a colorless to white powder with high solubility in water, ammonia, alcohol and hydrazine. 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, adhesives and sealants, anti-freeze products, cosmetics and personal care products, hydraulic fluids, washing & cleaning products and heat transfer fluids. 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: 17-0-0. 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/3025/documentation