Emission Factor

Vinyl chloride (vinyl chloride production)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product vinyl chloride' is a plastic product of fossil origin. It is a precursor substance meant to be used for the further production of plastics. It is gas under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and mostly odourless (50%)  biting (25%) or it has other odour (25%). The product is used in the following applications and sectors: Vinyl chloride is an important commercial chemical and Its major use is in the production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and other copolymer plastics. Other industrial uses include intermediates laboratory chemicals wire and cable manufacture while for consumer uses i can be used as building/construction materials petrochemical manufacturing plastic and rubber products. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameVinyl chloride (vinyl chloride production)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryChemical Products
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10
Region
Unit Type
Year
2013
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 20Version log
  • Replaced by: 84901070-1f67-452b-bb28-a021f8dd7fd5

API Reference

Activity ID
chemicals-type_vinyl_chloride_vinyl_chloride_production
UUID
a244e908-bf10-4c84-bf7a-6c599b8d8b80
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