Copper sulfate (production)

The activity generating the emissions is copper sulfate production. The reference product is copper sulfate. Copper sulfate is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 007758-98-7. It is called copper;sulfate under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: CuO4S. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and it appears as a grayish white powder with a pleasant odor. It is soluble in water (very soluble in hot water). 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: fertilisers, coating products, fillers, putties, plasters, modelling clay, leather treatment products, lubricants and greases, photo-chemicals, polishes and waxes, textile treatment products and dyes, washing & cleaning products, cosmetics and personal care products, adhesives and sealants, polymers and inks and toners. 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 ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/1269/documentation.