Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII GG9121M623 · registered name POTASSIUM BIPHTHALATE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 877-24-7
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 212-889-4
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID0042167
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID8022167
- IUPAC
- Potassium 2-carboxybenzoate
- Molecular formula
- C8H5KO4
- Molecular weight
- 204.222 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Solid, Stable in air, [Merck Index] Colorless or white odorless crystals, [National Institute of Standards and Technology MSDS] · solid
- Density
- 1.6 @25 °C
- Colour
- white
- Odour
- odourless
- pH
- 4.0 ((for a 0.05 M solution))
- Water solubility
- 83300 ㎎/ℓ(Water Solubility)
- Vapour density
- 7.0
- Relative density
- 1.636
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- -2.730
- Molecular weight
- 204.22
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 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.
- pH regulating agent1
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
- Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (non-LLNA) · Screening · according to other guideline: As mentioned below - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
eye irritation: in vivo · Screening · other guideline: as mentioned below equivalent or similar to
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
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem
- 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
- Wikipedia · English · Chinese