Peracetic acid (market for)

The activity generating the emissions is market for peracetic acid. The reference product is peracetic acid. Peracetic acid is an organic substance with a CAS no. : 000079-21-0. It is called ethaneperoxoic acid under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: C2H4O3. It is liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure as a colorless liquid. This dataset represents a pure substance (100% active substance). Industrially, this product is mostly used in 98% solution state. Modelling this substance in a solution requires the user to add the water and/or solvent in their models. On a consumer level, is used in the following products: washing & cleaning products. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: textile, leather or fur, chemicals, pulp, paper and paper products and food products. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/92599/documentation.