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Data set: Polycarbonate granulate (PC) (00.00.000)

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Full name Polycarbonate granulate (PC); technology mix; production mix, at plant

Location EU-25

Reference year 2007

Valid until 2020

Reference flow(s) Polycarbonate granulate (PC) - 1.0 * 1.0 kg (Mass)

Type LCI result

Parameterized? no

LCIA results included? no

Category

Synonyms Polycarbonate Resin, Carbonic acid; 4-[2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propan-2-yl]phenol, uncompounded Polycarbonate

Use advice for data set The LCI data set should be used for LCI/ LCA studies where PC is used along the production chain. The most important application fields of PC are in the building and construction sector (e.g. improving insulation and lightning), electrical and electronics (e.g. large flat screens and monitors, consumer electronics equipment and fuse boxes as well as the large market of optical data storage), automotive industry (e.g. mirror and headlamp houses), domestic appliances, packaging, medical devices as well as leisure and safety (e.g. sunglasses, goggles, helmet). It may be processed by all of the usual injection moulding and extrusion techniques.

Data set use approval

General comment The main data source was a data collection from European producers of polycarbonate (PC). Primary data on gate-to-gate PC production is derived from site specific information for processes under operational control supplied by the participating companies of this study. Three different PC producers with plants in four European countries were participating in the primary data collection. They cover all PC producers in Europe in 2007. With the exception of Bisphenol A, the data for the upstream supply chain until the precursors are taken from the database of the software system GaBi 4

LCI Method Principle Attributional

LCI Method Approaches Allocation - net calorific value Allocation - market value Allocation - mass

Completeness of product model All relevant flows quantified

Reviews Dependent internal review by PE INTERNATIONAL Data quality indicators Overall quality: Very good Methodological appropriateness and consistency: Very good Precision: Very good Completeness: Very good Geographical representativeness: Very good Time representativeness: Very good Technological representativeness: Very good Independent external review by Dr.-Ing. Ivo Mersiowsky, Sustainability Services, DEKRA Industrial GmbH Data quality indicators Methodological appropriateness and consistency: Very good Completeness: Very good Geographical representativeness: Very good Time representativeness: Very good Technological representativeness: Very good by DEKRA Data quality indicators Overall quality: Very good Methodological appropriateness and consistency: Very good Precision: Very good Completeness: Very good Geographical representativeness: Very good Time representativeness: Very good Technological representativeness: Very good

License and access conditions Copyright no License type Other

Owner of data set Plastics Europe

Technical purpose The most important application fields of PC are in the building and construction sector (e.g. improving insulation and lightning), electrical and electronics (e.g. large flat screens and monitors, consumer electronics equipment and fuse boxes as well as the large market of optical data storage), automotive industry (e.g. mirror and headlamp houses), domestic appliances, packaging, medical devices as well as leisure and safety (e.g. sunglasses, goggles, helmet). It may be processed by all of the usual injection moulding and extrusion techniques.

Input Products No records found.

Co-Products No records found.

Data set version 00.00.000

Time stamp (last saved) 2013-09-18T18:05:48.152+02:00

Data set format ILCD format 1.1

Compliance systems Eco-profiles and Environmental Declarations (Overall compliance: Fully compliant) ILCD Data Network - Entry-level (Overall compliance: Fully compliant)

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Registry name	Base URL	Status
LCDN Registry	https://lcdn.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ILCDRegistry/	Accepted
GLAD	https://www.globallcadataaccess.org/

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