Production of Fine and Speciality Chemicals: Procedure for the Estimation of LCIs

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-113

  Geisler, Georg ^a   Hofstetter, Thomas B ^b   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemical production process; Estimation; Fine chemicals; Life cycle inventory analysis (LCI); Product comparison; Speciality chemicals

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CASE STUDY; CROP PROTECTION; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 1842421340     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02978569     Document Type: Article

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