Mepiquat chloride (market for)

The activity generating the emissions is market for mepiquat chloride. The reference product is mepiquat chloride. Mepiquat chloride is an organic substance with the CAS no.: 024307-26-4. It is called 1,1-dimethylpiperidinium chloride under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: C7H16ClN. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure as hygroscopic crystals with a sweet smell. 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. Mepiquat chloride is a plant growth regulator which is mainly applied to inhibit excessive growth of cotton and therefore simplifies mechanical harvesting of it. In combination with a pesticide it can as well help to stabilise barley stalks. There are 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 market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/25507/documentation.