Particleboard - uncoated (particleboard production - average glue mix)

The activity generating the emissions is particleboard production, uncoated, average glue mix. The Reference Product is particleboard, uncoated. The product uncoated particleboard represents an engineered wood product. Particleboard (which is also called chipboard) is a composite material according to the standard EN 312. The density of standard particleboard can vary between 650 - 750 kg/m3, whereas densities for low density particleboard can be as low as 250 kg/m3 and range up to 1300 kg/m3 for high density particleboard. Typical thickness is in a range of 3 to > 40 mm. Particleboard is manufactured from the dry wood-panel production process under pressure and heat from particles of wood (flakes, chips, shavings, sawdust and similar) and/or other lignocellulosic material in particle form (flax shives, hemp shives, bagasse fragments and similar) with the addition of an adhesive. Particleboard is mainly used in furniture manufacturing. Particleboard can also be used for structural applications. Different types of speciality boards can be produced according to individual building application requirements; moisture resistance, fire retardance or acoustic insulation are all properties which can be achieved by using specific types of particleboard. Particleboard can also be used for construction purposes in combination with other materials, for example in parquet or insulation materials. 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/11559/documentation