Glyphosate (glyphosate production)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'glyphosate' is an organic substance with a CAS no. : 001071-83-6. It is called '2-(phosphonomethylamino)acetic acid' under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: C3H8NO5P. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and it has no 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: herbicide pesticide There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on industrial sites. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.