Emission Factor

Polymethyl methacrylate (production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is polymethyl methacrylate production. The reference product is polymethyl methacrylate. Polymethyl methacrylate, sheet, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoplastic material. This product consists of 100% virgin material with no content of recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: light transmission, applications where lasting beautiful appearances are important, such as on furniture or kitchen or bath walls or cabinet facades, double-glazing improvements to increase the thermal insulation of windows in large buildings and greenhouses, ceiling construction. 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/93987/documentation.

PropertyValue
NamePolymethyl methacrylate (production)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryChemical Products
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2015
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
chemicals-type_polymethyl_methacrylate_polymethyl_methacrylate_production
UUID
fab7daa1-4116-4c9c-bb48-db8b934ca244
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