Sodium L-tartrate is the organic sodium salt that is the disodium salt of L-tartaric acid.
Definition
Sodium L-tartrate is the organic sodium salt that is the disodium salt of L-tartaric acid. It has a role as a food emulsifier. It contains a L-tartrate(2-).
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII QTO9JB4MDD · registered name SODIUM TARTRATE · single chemical substance
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 酒石酸２Ｎａ: 本品は、酒石酸（＊）の二ナトリウム塩であり、次の化学式で表される。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 6106-24-7
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 868-18-8
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 212-773-3
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID2057861
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID808021
- IUPAC
- Disodium (2R,3R)-2,3-dihydroxybutanedioate
- Molecular formula
- C4H4Na2O6
- Molecular weight
- 194.05 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Transparent, colourless crystals · Dihydrate: White solid, [Merck Index] Colorless odorless solid, [JECFA] White crystals with no odor to a slight tartaric odor, [Mallinckrodt Baker MSDS]
- Melting point
- 120
- Solubility
- Soluble in cold water · 1 gram is insoluble in 3 ml of water. Insoluble in ethanol
- pH
- Between 7,0 and 7,5 (1 % aqueous solution) · 7-9
- Colour
- white
- Odour
- odourless
- Melting/freezing point
- 150 ℃
- Water solubility
- 250000 ㎎/ℓ
- Relative density
- 1.82
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- -1.08
- Molecular weight
- 194.05
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: PubChem · 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.
- pH regulating agent2
- Cleaning agent1
- Chelating agent1
- Emulsifier1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
1 skin studies and 0 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 1 studies
- Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (LLNA) · Screening · according to OECD Guideline 429 (Skin Sensitisation: Local Lymph Node Assay) 22 July 2010 according to EU Method B.42 (Skin Sensitisation: Local Lymph Node Assay) 6 July 2012 according to EPA OPPTS 870.2600 (Skin Sensitisation) March 2003
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 18
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- 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
- PubChem 2
- Tlooto literature search
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata