Ethoxylated alcohol (AE3) (production - palm kernel oil)

The activity generating the emissions is ethoxylated alcohol (AE3) production, palm kernel oil. The reference product is ethoxylated alcohol (AE3). Ethoxylated alcohol (AE3) is an organic substance with a CAS no. : produced within the reaction of a primary alcohol and ethylene oxide. It therefore comprises an ether and a hydroxy functional group. AE3 stands for alcohol, ethoxylated followed by a number indicating the average number of ethylene oxide molecules added. It is called under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: CH3(OC2H4)OH. It is 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: surfactants. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on industrial sites. 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/3051/documentation.