Magnesium Benzoate is the magnesium salt of Benzoic Acid.
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII K3J0WY6SYW · registered name MAGNESIUM BENZOATE · single chemical substance
Magnesium Benzoate is the magnesium salt of Benzoic Acid. It conforms to the formula:
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Restricted
- China · Japan · South Korea
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Argentina · Brazil
- Maximum concentration permitted at final product : 0.5% (expressed as acid)
ASEAN
- Maximum authorised concentration in the finished cosmetic product : 0.5 % (acid)
Taiwan
- 0.5%
European Union
- Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation : 0.5% (acid)
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
Restriction V/1a
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
Reviewed by CIR: Safety Assessment of Benzyl Alcohol, Benzoic Acid and its Salts, and Benzyl Benzoate
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 553-70-8
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 209-045-2
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID1044693
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID9024693
- IUPAC
- Magnesium dibenzoate
- Molecular formula
- C14H10MgO4
- Molecular weight
- 266.535 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- solid
- Melting/freezing point
- 200 ℃(760mmHg)
- Initial boiling point and range
- 434.84 ℃
- Flash point
- 32 ℉(.TCC)
- Water solubility
- 938.3 ㎎/ℓ (25℃)
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 1.53
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: KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
What products actually use it for
What the 1 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.
- Preservative1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 16
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2
- 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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