Maleic hydrazide (market for)

The activity generating the emissions is market for maleic hydrazide. The reference product is maleic hydrazide. Maleic hydrazide is an organic substance with the CAS no.: 000123-33-1. It is called 1,2-dihydropyridazine-3,6-dione under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: C4H4N2O2. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure as white crystals which are barely soluble in water and ethanol. 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. Maleic hydrazide is a synthetic plant growth regulator which inhibits cell division but does not influence cell enlargement. It is mostly applied post harvest to act as a sprouting inhibitor during storage (onions, potatoes), but is as well a weed control and is able to stabilise the sugar content in beets. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: chemicals (use as an intermediate). 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/26835/documentation.