Lanthanum trichloride is the trichloride salt of lanthanum.
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 04M8624OXV · registered name LANTHANUM CHLORIDE · single chemical substance
Lanthanum trichloride is the trichloride salt of lanthanum. It has a role as an autophagy inducer, a NMR chemical shift reference compound, an antineoplastic agent, a neurotoxin and an apoptosis inducer. It is an inorganic lanthanum salt and an inorganic chloride.
Source: PubChem
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 塩化ランタン: 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
- 10099-58-8
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 233-237-5
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID2051502
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID3030050
- IUPAC
- Lanthanum trichloride
- Molecular formula
- Cl3La
- Molecular weight
- 245.26 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Lanthanum chloride appears as white crystalline solid. Gives an amber aqueous solution that can cause destruction or irreversible alterations in human skin tissue at the site of contact. Has a severe corrosion rate on steel. · CBI, Wet Solid, Liquid
- Boiling point
- 1000 °C @760 [mm Hg]
- Density
- 3.84 @25 °C
- Colour
- white
- Odour
- odourless
- Melting/freezing point
- 860 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- &, gt, 1000 ℃
- Relative density
- 3.842 (at 25 C)
- Molecular weight
- 245.26
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 8 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.
- Flocculating agent2
- Solids separation (precipitating) agent, not other2
- Intermediate1
- Astringent (EPA)1
- Anti-scaling agent1
- Catalyst1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
1 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 2 studies
- Category 6.3B (Category 3)
Skin Irritation · Read Across - Category 6.4A (Category 2A)
Eye Irritation · Read Across
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- Preparation of polyvinyl alcohol/chitosan nanofibrous films incorporating graphene oxide and lanthanum chloride by electrospinning method for potential photothermal and chemical synergistic antibacterial applications in wound dressings. · 2023
- Fabrication of LaCl3-containing nanofiber scaffolds and their application in skin wound healing · 2018
- [Effect of lanthanum chloride on expressions of collagen protein in a wound tissue]. · 2004
- Effect of lanthanum chloride on expressions of different types of collagen proteins in wound tissue · 2003
- Ultrastructural localization and quantification of extracellular calcium binding sites in mouse vibrissa and human scalp follicles. · 1993
Linked databases 18
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- 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
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem 2
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- 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)
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