Sodium nitrate - unrefined (sodium nitrate production - unrefined from caliche ore mining)

The activity generating the emissions is sodium nitrate production, unrefined from caliche ore mining. The reference product is sodium nitrate, unrefined. Sodium nitrate, unrefined is a product that belongs to the metal sector. It is an inorganic chemical substance while sodium is an alkali metal. It is a direct product of caliche ore mining and it is in a form of powder. It can be used in the following applications and/or processes: adhesives and sealant chemicals, agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal), explosive materials, explosives manufacturing, finishing agents, intermediates, odor agents, oxidizing/reducing agents, plasticizers, plating agents, surface treating agents, process regulators, processing aids, solvents (for cleaning and degreasing), etc. 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/20932/documentation.