Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name 酸化（Ａｌ／亜鉛）: 本品は、次の化学式で表される無機塩である。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 12068-53-0
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 235-101-0
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID00893212
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID901323145
- IUPAC
- Aluminium zinc oxide (2/1/4)
- Molecular formula
- Al2O4Zn
- Molecular weight
- 183.34 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- solid
- Melting/freezing point
- &, gt, 1100 ℃
- Water solubility
- &, lt, 1 ug/L (22℃, pH: 6)
- Vapour density
- 3.48~3.482 g/㎤
- Relative density
- 3.48 - 3.482 (at 20℃ (OECD Guideline 109, GLP))
- Molecular weight
- 264.73
Values measured on the substance itself. The KOSHA data are a reference for writing and reviewing safety data sheets, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
What products actually use it for
What the 5 products reported to the US EPA with this ingredient use it for. Products outside cosmetics are included, so the top few rows are its main uses.
- Chemical reaction regulator1
- Deodorizer1
- Opacifer1
- Filler1
- Binder1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
2 skin studies and 2 eye studies are on record.
The study conclusions largely agree (100%). These tests are on the raw material itself; irritation at the amount in a finished product is a different question.
See all 4 studies
- Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (LLNA) · Screening · according to OECD Guideline 429 (Skin Sensitisation: Local Lymph Node Assay) according to EU Method B.42 (Skin Sensitisation: Local Lymph Node Assay) according to EPA OPPTS 870.2600 (Skin Sensitisation) - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 404 (Acute Dermal Irritation / Corrosion) according to EU Method B.4 (Acute Toxicity: Dermal Irritation / Corrosion) according to - Ambiguous
eye irritation: in vitro / ex vivo · Screening · other guideline: ICCVAM recommended HET-CAM test method protocol dated November 2006 according to - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
eye irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 405 (Acute Eye Irritation / Corrosion) adopted 24 April 2002 according to EU Method B.5 (Acute Toxicity: Eye Irritation / Corrosion) according to
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 11
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- Wikidata