Cadmium - semiconductor-grade (cadmium production)

The activity generating the emissions is cadmium production, semiconductor-grade. The Reference Product is cadmium, semiconductor-grade. Cadmium, semiconductor-grade is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 007440-43-9. It is called cadmium under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: Cd. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and appears in powder form with no distinct odour. 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. 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: manufacture of: fabricated metal products, metals, chemicals and electrical, electronic and optical equipment. 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/1022/documentation