Coal tar (coke production dry quenching)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product coal tar' is an organic substance with a CAS no. : 008007-45-2. It consists of approximately 10 000 chemicals including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons methylated and polymethylated derivatives mono- and polyhydroxylated derivatives and heterocyclic compounds. It is liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure as a dark viscous liquid. It is modelled as a mix of hydrocarbons. 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: pharmaceuticals and construction. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.