Cryolite (cryolite production)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'cryolite' is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 015096-52-3. It is called 'trisodium;hexafluoroaluminum(3-)' under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: AlF6Na3. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and appears as a colorless to white crystall which is insoluble in water. 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: explosives and welding & soldering products. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on industrial sites. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.