Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 1485XST65B · registered name LITHIUM FLUORIDE · single chemical substance
Lithium Fluoride is the inorganic salt that conforms to the formula:
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Korea’s toxic-substance GHS classification: Danger · H318 (category 1) · H301 (category 3)
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 7789-24-4
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 232-152-0
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID10894119
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID701324159
- IUPAC
- Lithium fluoride
- Molecular formula
- FLi
- Molecular weight
- 25.94 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Dry Powder · White solid, [Hawley] White odorless powder, [MSDSonline]
- Boiling point
- 1673 °C · 1676 °C @760 [mm Hg]
- Melting point
- 848.2 °C · 848 °C
- Solubility
- 0.134 g/100 g water at 25 °C, soluble in acid · 0.27 G SOL IN 100 ML WATER @ 18 °C, INSOL IN ALCOHOL, SOL IN HYDROGEN FLUORIDE
- Density
- 2.640 g/cu cm · 2.635 @25 °C
- Colour
- white
- pH
- 7 (at 0.26 g/l, 25 °)
- Melting/freezing point
- 845 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 1673 ℃
- Flash point
- 1680 ℃
- Vapour pressure
- 1 ㎜Hg (at 1047℃)
- Water solubility
- 0.27 g/㎖ (at 18℃,)
- Relative density
- 2.64
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- -0.77
- Molecular weight
- 25.94
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 2 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.
- Filler2
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
3 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 5 studies
- Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (non-LLNA) · Screening · according to EPA OPP 81-6 (Skin Sensitisation) - Category 6.3A (Category 2)
Skin Irritation · Read Across - Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (non-LLNA) · Screening · according to OECD Guideline 406 (Skin Sensitisation) 1992 according to EU Method B.6 (Skin Sensitisation) 1992 according to EPA OPP 81-6 (Skin Sensitisation) 1984 - Category 6.4A (Category 2A)
Eye Irritation · Read Across - Severe Irritation
eye irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 405 (Acute Eye Irritation / Corrosion) equivalent or similar to
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
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- Measurement of Entrance Skin Doses to Patients in Four Common Diagnostic Examinations by Thermoluminescence Dosimetry in Nigeria · 2000
- Novel solutions to the problems encountered in electron irradiation to the surface of the head. · 1999
- Entrance surface and ovarian doses in hysterosalpingography. · 1994
- Organ absorbed doses in intraoral dental radiography. · 1993
Linked databases 14
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem
- 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)
- Wikidata
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