Sulfuric acid (smelting of copper concentrate - sulfide ore)

The activity generating the emissions is smelting of copper concentrate, sulfide ore. The reference product is sulfuric acid. Sulfuric acid is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 007664-93-9. It is called sulfuric acid under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: H2O4S. It is liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and appears in odourless form. 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: pH regulators and water treatment products, washing & cleaning products, metal surface treatment products, electrolytes for batteries and laboratory chemicals. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: mining. This substance is used for the manufacture of: chemicals, metals, pulp, paper and paper products, food products and fabricated metal 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/23653/documentation.