Lithium carbonate (treatment of used Li-ion battery - hydrometallurgical treatment)

The activity generating the emissions is treatment of used Li-ion battery, hydrometallurgical treatment. The reference product is lithium carbonate. Lithium carbonate is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 000554-13-2. It is called dilithium carbonate under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: CH2O3.2Li. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure. 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: adhesives and sealants, fillers, putties, plasters, modelling clay, welding & soldering products, textile treatment products and dyes, adsorbents, pH regulators and water treatment products and pharmaceuticals. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: adhesives and sealants, fillers, putties, plasters, modelling clay, coating products and non-metal-surface treatment products. 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/1633/documentation.