Butyric acid (acetic acid production - from naphtha oxidation)

The activity generating the emissions is acetic acid production, from naphtha oxidation. The Reference Product is butyric acid. Butyric acid is an organic substance with a CAS no. : 000107-92-6. It is called butanoic acid under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: C4H8O2. It is a colourless liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure with a penetrating and unpleasant odour. The substance 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. 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: flavouring agent (foods, perfumes, and drugs) and as chemical intermediate. 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/93668/documentation