Zinc oxide (production)

The activity generating the emissions is zinc oxide production. The Reference Product is zinc oxide. Zinc oxide is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 001314-13-2. It is called oxozinc under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: OZn. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure, is odourless and may have a powder/nanomaterial form. The substance is modelled as a pure substance (nanomaterial). On a consumer level, is used in the following products: fillers, putties, plasters, modelling clay, coating products and metal surface treatment products. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: pH regulators and water treatment products, coating products and polymers. This substance has an industrial use resulting in manufacture of another substance (use of intermediates). The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/6904/documentation