Cryolite (production - from fluosilicic acid)

The activity generating the emissions is cryolite production, from fluosilicic acid. The Reference Product is cryolite. Cryolite is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 015096-52-3. It is called trisodium;hexafluoroaluminum(3-) under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: AlF6Na3. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and appears as a colorless to white crystall, which is insoluble in water. 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: explosives and welding & soldering 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 transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/5055/documentation