Emission Factor

M-nitrotoluene (nitrotoluenes production - toluene nitration)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is nitrotoluenes production, toluene nitration. The reference product is m-nitrotoluene. M-nitrotoluene is an organic substance with a CAS no. : 99-08-1. It is called 1-methyl-3-nitrobenzene under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: C7H7NO2. It is a clear yellow liquid that freezes at 16.1°C with a weak aromatic 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. 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: chemicals. 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/29140/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameM-nitrotoluene (nitrotoluenes production - toluene nitration)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryChemical Products
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2003
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
chemicals-type_m_nitrotoluene_nitrotoluenes_production_toluene_nitration
UUID
35fc901e-40d8-4eaf-888d-14bbcf23fd9d
Code Snippet
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