Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII MWB0804EO7 · registered name SILVER CHLORIDE · single chemical substance
Silver Chloride is the inorganic salt that conforms to the formula:
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Allowed preservative
- United Kingdom
Source: ASEAN Cosmetic Directive · EU Cosmetics Regulation · Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients · UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
Argentina · Brazil
- Other limitations and requirements : 20% AgCl (w / w) in TiO 2 .Prohibited in products for children under 3 years of age, in oral hygiene products and in products for the eye area and lips.
ASEAN
- Maximum authorised concentration in the finished cosmetic product : 0.004% calculated as AgCl
- Other limitations and requirements : 20% AgCl (w/w) on TiO2 Prohibited in products for children under three years of age, in oral hygiene products and in products intended for application around the eyes and on the lips
Taiwan
- 0.004% (20% AgCl (w/w) on TiO2
China
- Maximum concentration : 0.004%
European Union
- Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation : 0.004% (as AgCl)
- Other : 20% AgCl (w/w) on TiO2. Not to be used in products for children under 3 years of age, in oral products and in eye and lip products
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Korea’s toxic-substance GHS classification: Danger · H314 (category 1) · H400 (category 1) · H410 (category 1)
EU Cosmetics Regulation, Annex V (allowed preservatives), entry 52 · maximum concentration 0.004% (as AgCl)
Restriction V/52
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name 塩化銀: 本品は、銀の塩化物であり、次の化学式で表される。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 7783-90-6
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 232-033-3
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID4035251
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID2015251
- IUPAC
- Silver(1+) chloride
- Molecular formula
- AgCl
- Molecular weight
- 143.32 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Other Solid · White solid, Darkened by light, Water solubility = 1.93 mg/L at 25 deg C, [Merck Index] Powder with lumps, [Aldrich MSDS] Chloride salts of silver are insoluble, [Nordberg, p. 19]
- Boiling point
- 1547 °C @760 [mm Hg]
- Melting point
- 455 °C
- Density
- 5.56 @25 °C
- Colour
- white
- Odour
- odourless
- Melting/freezing point
- 455 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 1547 ℃
- Flash point
- 1550 ℃
- Vapour pressure
- 1 ㎩ (670℃)
- Water solubility
- 1.9 ㎎/ℓ (25℃)
- Vapour density
- 5.56 g/㎤ (20℃)
- Relative density
- 5.56
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 0.54
- Molecular weight
- 143.32
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 6 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.
- Preservative3
- Processing aids not otherwise specified2
- No specific technical function1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
3 skin studies and 3 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 6 studies
- Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 404 (Acute Dermal Irritation / Corrosion) adopted 1981-05-12 according to - Category 6.3A (Category 2)
Skin Irritation · Read Across - Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (non-LLNA) · Screening · according to EPA OPPTS 870.2600 (Skin Sensitisation) - Category 6.4A (Category 2A)
Eye Irritation · Read Across - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
eye irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 405 (Acute Eye Irritation / Corrosion) according to - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
eye irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 405 (Acute Eye Irritation / Corrosion) adopted 1987-02-24 according to
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- Application of Bacillus sp. protease in the fabrication of silver/silver chloride nanoparticles in solution and cotton gauze bandages · 2020
- Effect of Silver Chloride Content on the Performance of Fully Printed Fabric Electrodes for ECG Monitoring · 2024
- Roll-to-roll fabrication of silver/silver chloride coated yarns for dry electrodes and applications in biosignal monitoring · 2023
- An Adhesive‐Integrated Stretchable Silver‐Silver Chloride Electrode Array for Unobtrusive Monitoring of Gastric Neuromuscular Activity · 2021
- A Novel Highly Durable Carbon/Silver/Silver Chloride Composite Electrode for High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation · 2021
Linked databases 26
- ASEAN Cosmetic Directive
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU allowed preservatives (Annex V)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- EU Cosmetics Regulation
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- 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 4
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem
- Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
- 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
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