Acetic acid (production - from acetaldehyde oxidation)

The activity generating the emissions is acetic acid production, from acetaldehyde oxidation. The reference product is acetic acid. Acetic acid, without water, in 98% solution state is an organic substance with a CAS no. : 000064-19-7. It is called acetic acid under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: C2H4O2. It is liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and may have a pungent odour. This dataset represents a pure substance (100% active substance). Industrially, this product is mostly used in 98% solution state. 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: coating products, washing & cleaning products, air care products, lubricants and greases, fillers, putties, plasters, modelling clay, anti-freeze products, fertilisers, plant protection products and finger paints. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: laboratory chemicals, oil and gas exploration or production products, washing & cleaning products, water treatment chemicals, polymers, coating products and pH regulators and water treatment products. 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/93827/documentation.