Lactic acid (lactic acid production)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'lactic acid' is an organic substance with a CAS no. : 000050-21-5. It is called '2-hydroxypropanoic acid' under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: C3H6O3. It is liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and has a viscous form and is odourless. 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: pH regulators and water treatment products coating products laboratory chemicals non-metal-surface treatment products washing & cleaning products and water treatment chemicals. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.