Potassium tetrathionate is a potassium salt composed of potassium and tetrathionate ions in a 2:1 ratio.
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 8X6V5C8FZ9 · registered name POTASSIUM TETRATHIONATE · single chemical substance
Potassium tetrathionate is a potassium salt composed of potassium and tetrathionate ions in a 2:1 ratio. It contains a tetrathionate(2-).
Source: PubChem
Cosmetic roles
Reduces other ingredientsREDUCING
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
POTASSIUM TETRATHIONATEINCI포타슘테트라티오네이트Korean label name (MFDS standard)Tetrathionic acid, dipotassium saltSynonym
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 13932-13-3
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 237-702-3
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID9047043
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID7027043
- Molecular formula
- K2O6S4
- Molecular weight
- 302.43 g/mol
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.
- Reducing agent1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 14
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- 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