Emission Factor

Ethylene oxide (production - ethylene oxidation)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is ethylene oxide production, ethylene oxidation. The reference product is ethylene oxide. Ethylene oxide is an organic substance with a CAS no. : 000075-21-8. It is called oxirane under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: C2H4O. It is gas under normal conditions of temperature and pressure with a faintly sweet odor. 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: inks and toners and fillers, putties, plasters, modelling clay 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/6355/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameEthylene oxide (production - ethylene oxidation)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryChemical Products
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2019
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
chemicals-type_ethylene_oxide_ethylene_oxide_production_ethylene_oxidation
UUID
4eba4679-f425-4081-bfdc-481eec3051fb
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