Fatty alcohol (fatty alcohol production - petrochemical)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product fatty alcohol' is an organic substance. It is called 'an alcohol with a long aliphatic chain' under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: CH3(CH2)nOH (n=5-21). The aliphatic chain is predominantly linear and can be saturated or unsaturated. It is mostly 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: detergents surfactants cosmetics and nutrition. On industrial sites the substance is used for the manufacture of products in the following sectors: chemicals. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.