Salicylic acid (market for)

The activity generating the emissions is market for salicylic acid. The reference product is salicylic acid. Salicylic acid is an organic substance with a CAS no. : 000069-72-7. It is called 2-hydroxybenzoic acid under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: C7H6O3. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and it has no odor. 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: cosmetics and personal care products, washing & cleaning products, air care products, perfumes and fragrances and polishes and waxes. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on industrial sites. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/16768/documentation.