Citric acid (production)

The activity generating the emissions is citric acid production. The reference product is citric acid. Citric acid is an organic substance with a CAS no. : 000077-92-9. It is called 2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: C6H8O7. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and appears as colorless crystalls. It is fairly soluble in water, ethanol and ether. 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: washing & cleaning products, cosmetics and personal care products, air care products, polishes and waxes, fillers, putties, plasters, modelling clay, photo-chemicals and coating products. 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/169/documentation.