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Calcium chloride (soda production - solvay process)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is soda production, solvay process. The reference product is calcium chloride. Calcium chloride is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 010043-52-4. It is called calcium dichloride under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: CaCl2. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure, is odourless and may have a flakey/powder form. 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: washing & cleaning products, anti-freeze products, fertilisers, plant protection products, adsorbents, water treatment chemicals and heat transfer fluids. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: pH regulators and water treatment products, washing & cleaning products, adsorbents, laboratory chemicals and anti-freeze products. This substance is used for the synthesis of other substances (use as intermediate). 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/64/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameCalcium chloride (soda production - solvay process)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryChemical Products
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1999
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 29Version log
  • Replaced by: 149fddc0-f8ab-49d1-bf4b-70084dee2912

API Reference

Activity ID
chemicals-type_calcium_chloride_soda_production_solvay_process
UUID
ee5d1852-016a-4525-884d-7429acfc72be
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