Oxalic acid (oxalic acid production)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. Oxalic acid or ethanedioic acid or aquisal (C2H2O4 or HOOCCOOH) is an organic compound with a white crystalline form, which creates a colorless solution in water. As its formula sug-gests, it is classified as dicarboxylic acid, with its acid strength surpassing that of acetic acid. Oxalic acid is a reductant and mainly occurs as C2H2O4·2H2O (dihydrate). Main application include: Production of medicines such as antibiotics and borneol and synthesize intermediates rare earth metal extraction precipitator dye reducing agent tanning agent, metallic equipment purificant The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.