Potassium nitrate - technical grade (potassium nitrate production)

The activity generating the emissions is potassium nitrate production, technical grade. The reference product is potassium nitrate, technical grade. Potassium nitrate, technical grade is an inorganic substance with a CAS no. : 007757-79-1. It is called potassium nitrate under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: KNO3. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure and appears as a colorless to white powder. It is modelled with 98% purity. 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: fertilisers, cosmetics and personal care products, anti-freeze products and washing & cleaning products. On industrial sites, the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: formulation of mixtures and/or re-packaging, agriculture, forestry and fishing and scientific research and development. Based on EU regulations (REGULATION (EU) 2019/1009), if this substance would be used as fertiliser, it could be labelled as N-P-K of: (14-0-39). 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/20513/documentation.