Coal tar (coking)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. Coal tar' is an organic by-product of the production of coke and coal gas from coal. It consists of approximately 10'000 chemicals, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, methylated and polymethylated derivatives, mono- and polyhydroxylated derivatives and heterocyclic compounds. It is liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure as a dark, viscous liquid. It is modelled as a mix of hydrocarbons. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on a consumer level. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: pharmaceuticals and construction. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.