Formic acid (production - methyl formate route)

The activity generating the emissions is formic acid production, methyl formate route. The reference product is formic acid. Formic acid is an organic substance with a CAS no. : 000064-18-6. It is called formic acid under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: CH2O2. It is liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure with a pungent, penetrating 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: washing & cleaning products, leather treatment products, polymers, textile treatment products and dyes, biocides (e.g. disinfectants, pest control products), coating products, metal surface treatment products, pH regulators and water treatment products and plant protection products. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on industrial sites. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/9444/documentation.