Sustainable Apparel Coalition

Description

Polyacrylonitrile fibres (PAN), from acrylonitrile (85%) and methacrylate (15%). Dissolved with DMSO into spinning dope.

Impacts

	Impact area	MSI Score
	Global Warming	7.5
	Eutrophication	4.1
	Water Scarcity	0.8
	Abiotic Resource Depletion, Fossil Fuels	11.3
	Chemistry	Scored per material rather than production stage. Click on "Return to Material", and learn about Chemistry scoring under "Chemistry Certifications".

Modeling Notes

Polyacrylonitrile fibres (PAN), from acrylonitrile and methacrylate, prod. mix, PAN w/o additives EU-27 S. The data set covers all relevant process steps / technologies over the supply chain of the represented cradle to gate inventory with agood overall data quality. The inventory is mainly based on industry data and is completed, where necessary, by secondary data. Includes 5% loss of raw material to account for yield losses. Also includes 1000km inbound shipping distance to account for shipment of raw materials.

Meta information

Primary Source: ELCD 3.0
Last Publication or Review date: 2014
Geography: Global/generic
Data Generator: Cashion East, Pivot Analytics; east@pointpivot.com

Applicable Materials

Material	Impact benchmarkimpactblend components
Carbon fiber fabric	73 Textiles

Data quality

Data Quality	Value	Description
Precision	Fair	20% to 30%	3
Time Representativeness	Excellent	Data are not older than 4 years with respect to the release date or latest review date	1
Geographical Representativeness	Fair	The processes included in the dataset are sufficiently representative for the geography stated in the title and metadata	3
Technological Representativeness	Good	The technologies modeled are included in the mix of technologies covered by the dataset	2
Average			2.25

Polyacrilonitrile (PAN), fossil fuel based