Esterquat (esterquat production - from coconut oil and palm kernel oil)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product esterquat' represents organic substances which consist of a quaternary ammonium cation and two fatty acid chains (C16-C18) with two weak ester linkages. Esterquats are solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure. They are modelled as pure substances. 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: fabric softeners. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on industrial sites. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.