Octabenzone (octabenzone production)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. Octabenzone is a UV absorber and stabiliser with a pale yellow colour (ChemYQ, n.d. and Dikshith 2013). Octabenzone is suitable to absorb radiation with wavelenght between 240 and 340 nm. Octabenzone is generally suitable for the use in polymers. Octabenzone is flammable and explosive if in contact with air, it therefore needs to be kept in sealed containers is a dry and cool environment (Dikshith 2013). Reference(s): Gendorf (2016) Umwelterklärung 2015, Werk Gendorf Industriepark, www.gendorf.de ChemYQ, n.d. [2-hydroxy-4-(octyloxy) phenyl] phenyl-Methanone;2-Hydroxy-4-n-octoxybenzophenone;Ultraviolet absorbent UV-531;2-hydroxy-4-(octyloxy)-benzophenon;2-benzoyl-5-octyloxyphenol;2-hydroxy-4-(n-octyloxy)benzophenone;2-hydroxy-4-(octyloxy)benzophenone. Retrieved from: http://www.chemyq.com/En/xz/xz10/98693mtvnr.htm, accessed 13th of February 2017 Dikshith, T.S.S. 2013. Hazardous Chemicals: Safety Management and global Regulations. CRC Press, Florida, pp. 297 The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.