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Data set: Acetic acid (00.00.000)

Other versions:   09.00.000
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Full name
Acetic acid; dissolving, from methanol; production mix, at factory
Location
MY
Reference year
2005
Valid until
2012
Reference flow(s)
Type
LCI result
Parameterized?
no
LCIA results included?
no
Category
Materials / Organic chemicals
Synonyms
Ethanoic acid
Use advice for data set
The data set represents a cradle to gate inventory. It can be used to characterise the supply chain situation of the respective commodity in a representative manner. Combination with individual unit processes using this commodity enables the generation of user-specific (product) LCAs.
Data set use approval
No official approval by producer or operator
General comment
The data set covers all relevant process steps / technologies over the supply chain of the represented cradle to gate inventory with a good overall data quality. The inventory is mainly based on industry data and is completed, where necessary, by secondary data.
LCI Method Principle
Attributional
LCI Method Approaches
  • Allocation - net calorific value
  • Allocation - market value
  • Allocation - mass
  • Allocation - exergetic content
Completeness of product model
All relevant flows quantified
Reviews
  • Dependent internal review by
License and access conditions
Copyright
yes
License type
Other
Access information
The data set can be used free of charge by anybody to perform LCA studies, to distribute it to third parties, to convert it to other formats, to develop own data sets etc. as long as the copyright and license conditions for the data sets of the Malaysian Life Cycle Inventory Database and the ILCD format are met that can be accessed via http://lca.jrc.ec.europa.eu. Please note e.g. that reference must be given to the 'Owner of data set' and to the 'Malaysian Life Cycle Inventory Database' plus version number, when using the data set or parts thereof. Please note also, that any modifications/omissions of the data set results in invalidity of any existing 'Official approval of data set by producer/operator', that the impression must be avoided that this would still be a complete data set of the Malaysian Life Cycle Inventory Database, and that the content of further fields has to be adjusted. For details see the aforementioned copyright and license conditions.
Owner of data set
PE INTERNATIONAL
Technical purpose
Acetic acid as an intermediate to produce other chemicals, like polyethylene terephthalate, cellulose acetate, mainly or polyvinyl acetate. Acetic acid is also used accidity regulator (food additive E 260).
Input Products
No records found.
Co-Products
Data set version
00.00.000
Time stamp (last saved)
2009-03-29T22:18:18+08:00
Data set format
ILCD format 1.1
Other versions
Compliance systems
  • ELCD conformity 1.0.1 (Overall compliance: Fully compliant)
Registered in
Process is not registered in any registry
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