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POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE

How much products actually contain

No product states its amount yet.

Of the products containing it, 17 list it before the 1% line and 60 after it (usually 1% or less).

Products using this ingredient

12 of 77 confirmed · likeliest to carry enough first · See all 77

Cosmetic roles

Keeps pH steadyBUFFERING

Safety & regulatory references

Reviewed by CIR: Safety Assessment of Phosphoric Acid and Its Salts as Used in Cosmetics

Source: US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR)

More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature

Official labels & definitions

JCIA labelling name リン酸K: 本品は、リン酸(*)のカリウム塩であり、次の化学式で表される。

Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)

Names & identifiers

POTASSIUM PHOSPHATEINCI포타슘포스페이트Korean label name (MFDS standard)リン酸KJapanese labelling name
CAS No.chemical registry number
16068-46-5
CAS No.chemical registry number
7778-77-0
CAS No.chemical registry number
7778-77-0 / 16068-46-5
EC No.EU chemical inventory number
231-913-4
EC No.EU chemical inventory number
231-913-4 / 240-213-8
EC No.EU chemical inventory number
240-213-8

Measured properties

Appearance
Liquid, Dry Powder, Other Solid, Large Crystals, CBI · Liquid, Other Solid
Odour
Odorless
Melting point
253 °C
Solubility
Freely soluble in water. Insoluble in ethanol · Solubility: 18 g/100g water /Monopotassium phosphate anhydrous/
Density
2.34 g/cu cm · 2.34 g/cm³
pH
Between 4,2 and 4,8 (1 % solution) · pH = 4.4 to 4.7

Values measured on the substance itself, not a specification for a commercial raw material.

Source: PubChem

Related literature

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