Fatty acid (market for fatty acid)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. Fatty acid' represents an organic substance. The compounds consists of a carboxylic acid with a long aliphatic chain and the molecular formula is: CH3(CH2)nCOOH, whereas n can vary usually between 5-21, and the aliphatic chain can be either saturated or unsaturated. The compounds are mostly liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure. It is modelled as a pure substance. On a consumer level, they are used in the following products: nutrition additives. On industrial sites, these substances are used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: chemicals. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is 1.