Sodium nitrate - unrefined (purge gas - rich in sodium nitrate to market for)

The activity generating the emissions is purge gas, rich in sodium nitrate to market for sodium nitrate, unrefined. The reference product is sodium nitrate, unrefined. Sodium nitrate, unrefined is a product that belongs to the metal sector. It is an inorganic chemical substance while sodium is an alkali metal. It is a direct product of caliche ore mining and it is in a form of powder. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: adhesives and sealant chemicals, agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal), explosive materials, explosives manufacturing, finishing agents, intermediates, odor agents, oxidizing/reducing agents, plasticizers, plating agents, surface treating agents, process regulators, processing aids, solvents (for cleaning and degreasing), etc. 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/20083/documentation.