Sodium dichromate (sodium dichromate production)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'sodium dichromate' is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 010588-01-9. It is called 'disodium;oxido-(oxido(dioxo)chromio)oxy-dioxochromium' under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: Cr2Na2O7. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and appears as orange-red to brownish crystalls which are water soluble. It is highly toxic (carcinogenic mutagenic toxic to reproduction skin sensitising respiratory sensitising). 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: chemicals and wood preservation. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.