- Korean limit
- 3%
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII H35KS68EE7 · registered name POTASSIUM CHLORATE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Restricted
- China · Taiwan
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Argentina · Brazil
- Field of application and/or use : (a) Toothpaste (b) Other uses
- Maximum concentration permitted at final product : (a) 5% (b) 3%
ASEAN
- Field of application and/or use : (a) Toothpaste (b) Other uses
- Maximum authorised concentration in the finished cosmetic product : (a) 5% (b) 3%
South Korea
- Maximum concentration : 3%
European Union
- Product Type, body parts : (a) Toothpaste (b) Other products
- Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation : (a) 5% (b) 3%
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Korea’s toxic-substance GHS classification: Danger · H271 (category 1) · H301 (category 3)
Restriction III/6 · Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Potassium Chlorate
CIR reviewed this ingredient and flagged its status as: Insufficient data ingredients with no uses reported to FDA's Voluntary Cosmetic Registration Program (VCRP) (insufficient data or use not supported — CIR's own classification, not a full safety-as-used conclusion).
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 3811-04-9
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 223-289-7
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID6047448
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID4027448
- IUPAC
- Potassium chlorate
- Molecular formula
- ClKO3
- Molecular weight
- 122.55 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- solid
- Colour
- white
- Odour
- odourless
- Melting/freezing point
- 356 ℃
- Water solubility
- 69.9 (20℃, g/L)
- Relative density
- 2.34g/cm³ (23 °C)
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- -4.22 (est.)
- Decomposition temperature
- 400 ℃
- Molecular weight
- 122.55
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 3 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.
- Oxidizing agent2
- pH regulating agent1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
5 skin studies and 4 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 9 studies
- Category 3
Skin Irritation · Screening - Classification not possible
Skin Sensitization · Screening - Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (non-LLNA) · Screening · according to OECD Guideline 406 (Skin Sensitisation) according to EPA OPPTS 870.2600 (Skin Sensitisation) according to EU Method B.6 (Skin Sensitisation) - Category 6.3B (Category 3)
Skin Irritation · Read Across - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · EPA OPP 81-5 (Acute Dermal Irritation) according to OECD Guideline 404 (Acute Dermal Irritation / Corrosion) equivalent or similar to - Category 2B
Eye Irritation · Screening - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
eye irritation: in vivo · Screening · EPA OPP 81-4 (Acute Eye Irritation) according to OECD Guideline 405 (Acute Eye Irritation / Corrosion) equivalent or similar to - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
eye irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 405 (Acute Eye Irritation / Corrosion) according to EU Method B.5 (Acute Toxicity: Eye Irritation / Corrosion) according to EPA OPPTS 870.2400 (Acute Eye Irritation) according to - Category 6.4A (Category 2A)
Eye Irritation · Read Across
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 18
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- 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
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2 3
- 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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