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  "authors": [],
  "basis": {
    "capacity": "per tonne of product (each dataset's basis); no plant size"
  },
  "benchmarks": [
    {
      "dataset": "ammonium-nitrate-pressure-neutralisation-solid",
      "expression": "feed:ammonia / product:ammonium-nitrate",
      "family": "fertilizers",
      "kpi": "an-specific-ammonia",
      "problem": "1 to t/t needs core's foundation.units (pip install 'cheme-as-code[units]')",
      "reference": {
        "basis": "unallocated",
        "conditions": {
          "product": "96 wt% AN solution",
          "region": "EU",
          "technology": "expected consumption of new plants, vacuum or pressure neutralisation of 60 wt% nitric acid (Uhde 2003)"
        },
        "id": "bref-lvic-aaf-an-ammonia-new-plants",
        "note": "One value for all three neutraliser types of the table (vacuum, 2 bar and 4 bar), recorded as a zero-width range and not widened. Given in whole kg per t. The table is for an AN solution of 96 wt%; per t of contained AN is our reading, since 213 kg lies just above the stoichiometric 212.8 kg per t of NH4NO3.",
        "range": [
          0.213,
          0.213
        ],
        "source": {
          "accessed": "2026-11-05",
          "citation": "European Commission, JRC/EIPPCB (2007) Reference Document on Best Available Techniques for the Manufacture of Large Volume Inorganic Chemicals - Ammonia, Acids and Fertilisers (LVIC-AAF BREF), August 2007",
          "kind": "bref",
          "locator": "Section 9.4.3, Table 9.8, p. 378",
          "url": "https://eippcb.jrc.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2019-11/lvic_aaf.pdf"
        }
      },
      "status": "unchecked",
      "title": "Ammonia consumption per t of ammonium nitrate",
      "unit": "t/t",
      "value": null
    },
    {
      "dataset": "ammonium-nitrate-pressure-neutralisation-solid",
      "expression": "feed:electricity / product:ammonium-nitrate",
      "family": "fertilizers",
      "kpi": "an-specific-electricity",
      "no_open_reference": "No open source independent of the dataset found (2026-11-06). The open figure for solid AN is the EFMA (2000) range for a new AN facility, 25 to 60 kWh/t, in LVIC-AAF BREF Table 9.3, p. 370, and the dataset takes its midpoint, so a range made of it would only check the transcription. Table 9.8 (p. 378) gives electricity for the AN solution section only, not for solid AN. US EPA AP-42 section 8.3 and its background report give emissions only.",
      "problem": "kWh/kg to kWh/t needs core's foundation.units (pip install 'cheme-as-code[units]')",
      "reference": null,
      "status": "unchecked",
      "title": "Electricity per t of solid ammonium nitrate",
      "unit": "kWh/t",
      "value": null
    },
    {
      "dataset": "ammonium-nitrate-pressure-neutralisation-solid",
      "expression": "feed:nitric-acid * 189.036 / 315.141 / product:ammonium-nitrate",
      "family": "fertilizers",
      "kpi": "an-specific-nitric-acid",
      "problem": "1 to t/t needs core's foundation.units (pip install 'cheme-as-code[units]')",
      "reference": {
        "basis": "unallocated",
        "conditions": {
          "product": "96 wt% AN solution",
          "region": "EU",
          "technology": "expected consumption of new plants, vacuum or pressure neutralisation of 60 wt% nitric acid (Uhde 2003)"
        },
        "id": "bref-lvic-aaf-an-nitric-acid-new-plants",
        "note": "As the ammonia reference: one value, zero-width, in whole kg per t. Stated as nitric acid; the 100 % basis is our reading (787.2 kg per t of NH4NO3 is the stoichiometric figure).",
        "range": [
          0.789,
          0.789
        ],
        "source": {
          "accessed": "2026-11-05",
          "citation": "European Commission, JRC/EIPPCB (2007) Reference Document on Best Available Techniques for the Manufacture of Large Volume Inorganic Chemicals - Ammonia, Acids and Fertilisers (LVIC-AAF BREF), August 2007",
          "kind": "bref",
          "locator": "Section 9.4.3, Table 9.8, p. 378",
          "url": "https://eippcb.jrc.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2019-11/lvic_aaf.pdf"
        }
      },
      "status": "unchecked",
      "title": "Nitric acid (as 100 % HNO3) consumption per t of ammonium nitrate",
      "unit": "t/t",
      "value": null
    },
    {
      "dataset": "ammonium-nitrate-pressure-neutralisation-solid",
      "expression": "feed:steam / product:ammonium-nitrate",
      "family": "fertilizers",
      "kpi": "an-specific-steam",
      "no_open_reference": "No open source independent of the dataset found (2026-11-06). The open figure for solid AN is the EFMA (2000) range of 0 to 50 kg/t in LVIC-AAF BREF Table 9.3, p. 370, and the dataset takes its midpoint, so a range made of it would only check the transcription. Table 9.8 (p. 378) gives the steam balances of the neutraliser types, not the import of a solid AN plant.",
      "problem": "1 to kg/t needs core's foundation.units (pip install 'cheme-as-code[units]')",
      "reference": null,
      "status": "unchecked",
      "title": "Steam imported per t of solid ammonium nitrate",
      "unit": "kg/t",
      "value": null
    },
    {
      "dataset": "calcium-ammonium-nitrate-granulation",
      "expression": "feed:electricity / product:calcium-ammonium-nitrate",
      "family": "fertilizers",
      "kpi": "can-specific-electricity",
      "problem": "kWh/kg to kWh/t needs core's foundation.units (pip install 'cheme-as-code[units]')",
      "reference": {
        "basis": "unallocated",
        "conditions": {
          "product": "CAN",
          "region": "AT",
          "technology": "CAN plant, AMI Linz (663000 t CAN in 2000)",
          "year": 2000
        },
        "id": "bref-lvic-aaf-can-electricity-ami-linz",
        "note": "One plant's reported figure, recorded as a zero-width range and not widened. The dataset does not use it: it takes the midpoint of the EFMA/infoMil range of 10 to 50 kWh/t in the same table.",
        "range": [
          13.2,
          13.2
        ],
        "source": {
          "accessed": "2026-11-06",
          "citation": "European Commission, JRC/EIPPCB (2007) Reference Document on Best Available Techniques for the Manufacture of Large Volume Inorganic Chemicals - Ammonia, Acids and Fertilisers (LVIC-AAF BREF), August 2007",
          "kind": "bref",
          "locator": "Section 9.3, Table 9.3, p. 370",
          "url": "https://eippcb.jrc.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2019-11/lvic_aaf.pdf"
        }
      },
      "status": "unchecked",
      "title": "Electricity per t of calcium ammonium nitrate",
      "unit": "kWh/t",
      "value": null
    },
    {
      "dataset": "calcium-ammonium-nitrate-granulation",
      "expression": "feed:steam / product:calcium-ammonium-nitrate",
      "family": "fertilizers",
      "kpi": "can-specific-steam",
      "problem": "1 to kg/t needs core's foundation.units (pip install 'cheme-as-code[units]')",
      "reference": {
        "basis": "unallocated",
        "conditions": {
          "product": "CAN",
          "region": "AT",
          "technology": "CAN plant, AMI Linz (663000 t CAN in 2000)",
          "year": 2000
        },
        "id": "bref-lvic-aaf-can-steam-ami-linz",
        "note": "One plant's reported figure, recorded as a zero-width range and not widened. The dataset does not use it: it takes the midpoint of the EFMA/infoMil range of 150 to 200 kg/t in the same table. The source does not say why AMI Linz is so far below that range (autothermal granulation, section 9.4.5, is one reading).",
        "range": [
          13,
          13
        ],
        "source": {
          "accessed": "2026-11-06",
          "citation": "European Commission, JRC/EIPPCB (2007) Reference Document on Best Available Techniques for the Manufacture of Large Volume Inorganic Chemicals - Ammonia, Acids and Fertilisers (LVIC-AAF BREF), August 2007",
          "kind": "bref",
          "locator": "Section 9.3, Table 9.3, p. 370",
          "url": "https://eippcb.jrc.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2019-11/lvic_aaf.pdf"
        }
      },
      "status": "unchecked",
      "title": "Steam per t of calcium ammonium nitrate",
      "unit": "kg/t",
      "value": null
    }
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        "grade": null,
        "inventory_key": "feed:ammonia",
        "note": "linked to ammonia-1 (lca/mappings.yaml)",
        "role": "feedstock"
      },
      {
        "chemical": "nitric-acid",
        "grade": null,
        "inventory_key": "feed:nitric-acid",
        "note": "60 wt% acid by mass of solution, linked to nitric-acid-1 (lca/mappings.yaml)",
        "role": "feedstock"
      },
      {
        "chemical": "limestone",
        "grade": null,
        "inventory_key": "feed:limestone",
        "note": "CAN filler only, taken as pure CaCO3 (ASSUMED)",
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        "chemical": "ammonium-nitrate",
        "grade": "solid",
        "inventory_key": "product:ammonium-nitrate",
        "note": "dataset ammonium-nitrate-pressure-neutralisation-solid",
        "role": "main-product"
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        "chemical": "calcium-ammonium-nitrate",
        "grade": null,
        "inventory_key": "product:calcium-ammonium-nitrate",
        "note": "dataset calcium-ammonium-nitrate-granulation",
        "role": "main-product"
      },
      {
        "chemical": "water",
        "grade": null,
        "inventory_key": "emission:H2O",
        "note": "the acid's water as vapour (ASSUMED residual of the water balance)",
        "role": "emission"
      },
      {
        "chemical": "wastewater",
        "grade": null,
        "inventory_key": "output:wastewater",
        "role": "waste"
      }
    ],
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        "chemical": "electricity",
        "grade": null,
        "inventory_key": "feed:electricity",
        "role": "utility"
      },
      {
        "chemical": "steam",
        "grade": null,
        "inventory_key": "feed:steam",
        "note": "imported steam by mass; the source states no pressure for these ranges",
        "role": "utility"
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      "title": "European Commission, JRC (2007) Reference Document on Best Available Techniques for the Manufacture of Large Volume Inorganic Chemicals - Ammonia, Acids and Fertilisers (LVIC-AAF BREF), August 2007, chapter 9 (AN and CAN)",
      "url": "https://eippcb.jrc.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2019-11/lvic_aaf.pdf"
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    {
      "title": "Pacific Environmental Services for US EPA (1996) Background Report, AP-42 Section 6.8 (now 8.3), Ammonium Nitrate Fertilizer, section 2.2 (route only; no value used)",
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    {
      "title": "Prohaska, T. et al. (2022) Standard atomic weights of the elements 2021 (IUPAC Technical Report), Pure Appl. Chem. 94:573"
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  "title": "Ammonium nitrate and calcium ammonium nitrate by neutralisation of nitric acid with ammonia",
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