Ethephon (market for)

The activity generating the emissions is market for ethephon. The reference product is ethephon. Ethephon is an organic substance with the CAS no.: 016672-87-0. It is called 2-chloroethylphosphonic acid under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: C2H6ClO3P. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure as a white, waxy solid or a white, crystalline powder. 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. Ethephon is a widely used plant growth regulator. It increases the rate of ripening of plants by promoting release of ethylene (e.g. tomatoes, cherries, and citrus fruit), stabilises stalks of several plant (e.g. barley and rice), promotes the flower induction (e.g. pineapples) and increases yields in rubber plantations. There are 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 market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/25920/documentation.