Glyoxal (glyoxal production)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'glyoxal' is an organic substance with a CAS no. : 000107-22-2. It is called 'oxaldehyde' under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: C2H2O2. It is liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure with a weak sour odor. 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. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on a consumer level. On industrial sites the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: textiles paper chemicals and polymers. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.