Sodium (market for sodium)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'sodium' is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 007440-23-5. It is called 'sodium' under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: Na. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and appears as a silvery grayish metal in various forms. It is soft and thus ductile. It dissolves in liquid ammonia to give a blue solution. 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: as an intermediate in the production of sodium borohydride sodium azide indigo and triphenylphosphine. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is 1.