Sodium nitrate - technical grade (sodium nitrate production)

The activity generating the emissions is sodium nitrate production, technical grade. The reference product is sodium nitrate, technical grade. Sodium nitrate, technical grade is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 007631-99-4. It is called sodium nitrate under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: NaNO3. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and appears as colorless crystalls or a white-greyish powder. It is modelled with 98% purity. 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: fertilisers, adhesives and sealants, anti-freeze products, cosmetics and personal care products, hydraulic fluids, washing & cleaning products and heat transfer fluids. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: formulation of mixtures and/or re-packaging, agriculture, forestry and fishing, scientific research and development, chemicals. Based on EU regulations (REGULATION (EU) 2019/1009), if this substance would be used as fertiliser, it could be labelled as N-P-K of: (16-0-0). 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/19688/documentation.