What is this ingredient?

미국 FDA 물질 등록 · UNII TYV5CW74LV · 등록명 Red phosphorus · 고분자

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Ingredient Dictionary

PHOSPHORUS

Definition

US FDA substance register · UNII TYV5CW74LV · registered name Red phosphorus · polymer

Source: US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)

Cosmetic roles

No declared roleNOT REPORTED

Safety & regulatory references

Banned: Argentina · ASEAN · Brazil · Canada · China · European Union · South Korea · United Kingdom

Source: ASEAN Cosmetic Directive · EU Cosmetics Regulation · Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist · MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information · UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)

Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance

Source: Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)

EU Cosmetics Regulation, Annex II (prohibited substances), entry 279

Source: EU prohibited substances (Annex II)

Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist · prohibited in cosmetics

Source: Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist

Restriction II/279 · 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 リン: 本品は、自然界に存在する元素（P)である。

Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)

Names & identifiers

PHOSPHORUSINCI포스포러스Korean label name (MFDS standard)リンJapanese labelling name

CAS No.chemical registry number: 7723-14-0
EC No.EU chemical inventory number: 231-768-7
DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID: DTXSID1024382
DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID: DTXCID201846033

IUPAC: (~31~P)Phosphorus
Molecular formula: [31P]
Molecular weight: 30.97376 g/mol

Measured properties

Appearance: Phosphorus, amorphous (red or violet) appears as red or dark crystals or powder. Not white phosphorus but rather one of the numerous less reactive polymorphic forms of the element. Not soluble in water. · Phosphorus, [black] appears as black crystalline or amorphous solid resembling graphite. Conducts electricity. Denser than water and insoluble in water. Hence sinks in water. (USCG, 1999)
Odour: Garlic-like · Acrid
Boiling point: 536 °F at 760 mmHg, white-yellow ignites at 86 °F in moist air, red ignites at 500 °F. (EPA, 1998) · 838.9 °F at 760 mmHg (USCG, 1999)
Melting point: 111.2 °F white-yellow, 1094 °F violet, 1094 °F red (EPA, 1998) · 44.1 °C
Solubility: Black: Insoluble in organic solvents, White: Insoluble in water, slightly soluble in benzene, ethanol, and chloroform, soluble in carbon disulfide, Red: Insoluble in water and organic solvents. · Solubilities in water: one part/300,000 parts water, in abs alc: one g/400 mL, in abs ether: one g/102 mL, in CHCl3: one g/40 mL, in benzene: one g/35 mL, in CS2: one g/0.8 mL. Solubility in oils: one gram phosphorus dissolves in 80 ml olive oil, 60 ml oil of turpentine, about 100 mL almond oil.
Density: 2.34 red, 2.36 violet, 2.70 black, 1.8 white-yellow (EPA, 1998) · 2.691 at 68 °F (USCG, 1999) - Denser than water, will sink
Stability: Black: Stable in air · White: Darkens on exposure to light.
Melting/freezing point: 600 ℃(42 BAR)
Initial boiling point and range: 280 ℃
Flash point: 20 ℃
Flammability (solid, gas): The substance has to be classified as highly flammable
Vapour pressure: 0.026 ㎜Hg(20℃)
Water solubility: 3300 g/100g(15℃)
Vapour density: 4.42~4.77 (Red: 4.77, White: 4.42 (Air = 1))
Relative density: 1.82
n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow): -0.27 (est.)
Auto-ignition temperature: 30 ℃
Viscosity: 1.69 cP(50℃)
Molecular weight: 123.9

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 52 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.

Degradant/impurity (EPA)22
Alloying element12
No specific technical function8
Flame retardant4
Antioxidant3
Intermediate2
Soil amendments1

Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard

Irritation and sensitisation studies

4 skin studies and 3 eye studies are on record.

Classed as low1

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 7 studies

Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · other guideline: Federal Register 1974 according to
Category 8.2A (Category 1A)
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Classification not possible
Skin Sensitization · Screening
Classification not possible
Skin Irritation · Screening
Classification not possible
Eye Irritation · Screening
Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
eye irritation: in vivo · Screening · other guideline: Federal Register 1974 according to
Category 8.3A (Category 1)
Eye Irritation · Read Across