Cement mortar (cement mortar production - hand-mixed - on-site)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product "cement mortar" represents a mixture of cement and sand. This product belongs to mortar group III which means that the ratio of the ingredients is one part by volume of cement and four part of volume of sand with a 'natural' humidity. Cement mortar can be used indoor as well as outdoor. It is suitable for walling plastering and mend-ing of parts. It is also used to make socles and walls underground or for plastering areas which have to be highly shock-resistant. The differences between mortar and plaster lie in the capacity of plasters to take better finish which depend to a very large extent on the type of sand used in the mix. For mortar we use coarse particles of sand. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.