Emission Factor

Soda ash - light (soda production - solvay process)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is soda production, solvay process. The reference product is soda ash, light. Soda ash, light, crystalline, heptahydrate is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 000497-19-8. It is called disodium;carbonate under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: CNa2O3. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and appears as a white solid. 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. On a consumer level, is used in the following products: inks and toners and laboratory chemicals. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on industrial sites. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/8385/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameSoda ash - light (soda production - solvay process)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryChemical Products
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1999
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
chemicals-type_soda_ash_light_soda_production_solvay_process
UUID
a7bf4380-5206-43e1-b5e8-d0837bbedf72
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