Fatty alcohol (fatty alcohol production - from palm kernel oil)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product fatty alcohol' is an organic substance. It is called 'an alcohol with a long aliphatic chain' under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: CH3(CH2)nOH (n=5-21). The aliphatic chain is predominantly linear and can be saturated or unsaturated. It is mostly liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure. 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: detergents surfactants cosmetics and nutrition. On industrial sites the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: chemicals. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.