Sodium nitrite (production)

The activity generating the emissions is sodium nitrite production. The Reference Product is sodium nitrite. Sodium nitrite is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 007632-00-0. It is called sodium;nitrite under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: NNaO2. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure , it appears as white to yellowish crystalls, which are soluble in water, ethanol, and methanol. 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: anti-freeze products, adhesives and sealants, coating products, fillers, putties, plasters, modelling clay, finger paints, metal surface treatment products, non-metal-surface treatment products, inks and toners and lubricants and greases. There is 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 transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/8511/documentation