Heptane (market for)

The activity generating the emissions is market for heptane. The Reference Product is heptane. Heptane is an organic substance with a CAS no. : 000142-82-5. It is called heptane under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: C7H16. It is liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure. 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: fuels, polishes and waxes and washing & cleaning products. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: coating products, pH regulators and water treatment products, laboratory chemicals, polymers, oil and gas exploration, chemicals, machinery and vehicles. If used as a fuel, it has a calorific value of 44.77 MJ/kg and is a fossil fuel, sourced from molecular sieve separation of naphtha. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/7256/documentation