Fatty acid (fatty acid production - from palm kernel oil)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. Fatty acid' represents an organic substance. The compounds consists of a carboxylic acid with a long aliphatic chain and the molecular formula is: CH3(CH2)nCOOH, whereas n can vary usually between 5-21, and the aliphatic chain can be either saturated or unsaturated. The compounds are mostly liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure. It is modelled as a pure substance. On a consumer level, they are used in the following products: nutrition additives. On industrial sites, these substances are used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: chemicals. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.