Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII E62CXB6K51 · registered name DIAMMONIUM EDTA · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report on the Safety Assessment of EDTA, Calcium Disodium EDTA, Diammonium EDTA, Dipotassium EDTA, Disodium EDTA, HEDTA, TEA-EDTA, Tetrasodium EDTA, Tripotassium EDTA, Trisodium EDTA, and Trisodium HEDTA
Reviewed by CIR: EDTA and Salts
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 20824-56-0
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 244-063-4
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID9027813
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID807813
- IUPAC
- Diammonium 2,2'-{ethane-1,2-diylbis[(carboxymethyl)azanediyl]}diacetate
- Molecular formula
- C10H22N4O8
- Molecular weight
- 326.306 g/mol
What products actually use it for
What the 12 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.
- Chelating agent3
- Cleaning agent2
- Ion exchange agent2
- Soil amendments2
- Anti-scaling agent2
- Antioxidant1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
3 skin studies and 1 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
- SkinSens1
Skin Sensitization · QSAR Predicted - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · other guideline: 16 CFR 1500.11 according to - Category 6.5B (Category 1)
Skin Sensitization · Read Across - Category 6.4A (Category 2A)
Eye Irritation · Read Across
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- Safety and efficacy of STABILFLOR ® as a zootechnical feed additive for pigs for fattening · 2020
- Final Report on the Safety Assessment of EDTA, Calcium Disodium EDTA, Diammonium EDTA, Dipotassium EDTA, Disodium EDTA, TEA-EDTA, Tetrasodium EDTA, Tripotassium EDTA, Trisodium EDTA, HEDTA, and Trisodium HEDTA · 2002
Linked databases 14
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- Tlooto literature search 2
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2 3
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata