Boron carbide (production)

The activity generating the emissions is boron carbide production. The Reference Product is boron carbide. Boron carbide is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 012069-32-8. It is called 2,3,4,5-tetraboratetracyclo[2.1.0.01,3.02,5]pentane under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: CB4. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and appears in crystalline/powder form. 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: formulation of mixtures and/or re-packaging. This substance is used for the manufacture of: mineral products (e.g. plasters, cement), fabricated metal products, metals and chemicals. 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/8337/documentation