Blowing agent, physical + foam reticulating
3.2
Description
Polymer foaming process and foam reticulating process. Includes auxiliaries, energy, and blowing agents. The foam reticulating process represents further treatment of foams, to reach a fluid, air and gas permeability. A mixture of gaseous, flammable substances (e.g. oxyhydrogen) is brought to ignition with an ignition impulse within a reactor. An exothermic reaction through the explosive released reaction heat is being induced, which causes the perforation of the foam cell walls and their aimed sintering to a web thickness of the structural substance of the foam. Density of foam is 30 kg/m3. There is no loss associated with foam reticulating. This process represents and industry average of foaming processses used plus a foam reticulating process.
Impacts
| Impact area | MSI Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Global Warming | 0.9 | |
| Eutrophication | 1.6 | |
| Water Scarcity | 8.7e-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: Higg Co
Data quality
| Data Quality | Value | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precision | Good | 10% to 20% | 2 |
| 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 | 2.5 | ||