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
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 | ||