Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 87PZU03K0K · registered name FERRIC OXYHYDROXIDE · 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 水酸化第一鉄: 本品は、次の化学式で表される無機化合物である。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 11113-66-9
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 20344-49-4
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 234-346-0
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 243-746-4
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID3042057
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID701507828
- IUPAC
- Iron(3+) hydroxide oxide (1/1/1)
- Molecular formula
- FeHO2
- Molecular weight
- 88.851 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Dry Powder, Wet Solid · solid
- Density
- 4.26 @25 °C
- Odour
- odourless
- pH
- 3.5~7.5
- Vapour density
- 4.1 g/㎤ (20℃)
- Relative density
- 3.4-3.9
- Molecular weight
- 88.852
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 22 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.
- Pigment12
- Intermediate3
- Dye3
- Stabilizing agent2
- No specific technical function1
- Soil amendments1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- STUDY OF THE SKIN-RESORPTIVE EFFECT OF A PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUND BASED ON AN IRON-HYDROXIDE POLYMALTOSE COMPLEX · 2021
- Established and advanced adjuvants in vaccines' formulation: Mineral adsorbents, nanoparticulate carriers and microneedle delivery systems · 2019
- The Phytosiderophore Efflux Transporter TOM2 Is Involved in Metal Transport in Rice* · 2015
- A Comparative Study of the Effects of Illite and Illite-Iron Hydroxide (Goethite) Mixture on the Improvement of Oily Skin Conditions in Adults of the 20s and 30s · 2013
- Clinical and biochemical improvement following low-dose intravenous iron therapy in a patient with erythropoietic protoporphyria · 2013
Linked databases 12
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- 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
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)