Emission Factor

Sodium chloride - brine solution (sodium chloride production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is sodium chloride production, brine solution. The reference product is sodium chloride, brine solution. Sodium chloride, brine solution is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 007647-14-5. It is called sodium chloride under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: NaCl. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure as a white solid It is modelled as a pure substance. Water has to be added to reach a brine solution. 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: Culinary, Chlorine production, Refrigeration, Water softening and purification and De-icing. 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/841/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameSodium chloride - brine solution (sodium chloride production)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMined Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1994
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
mined_materials-type_sodium_chloride_brine_solution_sodium_chloride_production_brine_solution
UUID
e948ede0-3034-4270-9ea0-0c83f722280d
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