Emission Factor

Vinyl chloride (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for vinyl chloride. The Reference Product is vinyl chloride. Vinyl chloride, is a plastic product of fossil origin. It is a precursor substance meant to be used for the further production of plastics. It is gas under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and mostly odourless (50%), biting (25%) or it has other odour (25%). The product is used in the following applications and sectors: Vinyl chloride is an important commercial chemical and Its major use is in the production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and other copolymer plastics. Other industrial uses include intermediates, laboratory chemicals, wire and cable manufacture, while for consumer uses, i can be used as building/construction materials, petrochemical manufacturing, plastic and rubber products. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/276365/documentation

PropertyValue
NameVinyl chloride (market for)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryChemical Products
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2011
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
cradle_to_consumer
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
chemicals-type_vinyl_chloride_market_for_vinyl_chloride
UUID
1e9f78fa-b6b9-4c0f-8823-415dab3d16cb
Code Snippet
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