Blowing agent, physical

2.0

Description

Polymer foaming process. Includes auxiliaries, energy, and blowing agents. Currently limited data available for differentiation between physical and chemical blowing agents. Ths process represents and industry average of foaming processses used.

Impacts

Impact area MSI Score
Global Warming 0.9
Eutrophication 0.4
Water Scarcity 6.0e-2
Abiotic Resource Depletion, Fossil Fuels 0.7
Chemistry
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Modeling Notes

Polymer foaming {GLO}| market for | Alloc Def, S

Meta information

  • Primary Source: ecoinvent 3.3
  • Last Publication or Review date: 2011
  • Geography: Global/generic
  • Data Generator: Cashion East, Pivot Analytics; east@pointpivot.com

Data quality

Data Quality Value Description
Precision Fair 20% to 30% 3
Time Representativeness Good Data are not older than 6 years with respect to the release date or latest review date 2
Geographical Representativeness Fair The processes included in the dataset are sufficiently representative for the geography stated in the title and metadata 3
Technological Representativeness Fair The technologies modeled are representative of the average technology used for similar processes 3
Average 2.75