Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 4I820XKV2A · registered name SODIUM CAPRATE · single chemical substance
Sodium salt of capric acid
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report: Safety Assessment of Fatty Acids and Fatty Acid Salts as Used in Cosmetics
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name カプリン酸Ｎａ: 本品は、カプリン酸（＊）のナトリウム塩である。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 1002-62-6
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 213-688-4
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID0027351
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID207351
- IUPAC
- Sodium decanoate
- Molecular formula
- C10H19NaO2
- Molecular weight
- 194.25 g/mol
Measured properties
- Melting/freezing point
- 203.31 ℃(EST)
- Initial boiling point and range
- 485.18 ℃(EST)
- Vapour pressure
- 0.000000000846 ㎜Hg (EST at 25 deg C)
- Water solubility
- 31300 ㎎/ℓ (EST at 25 deg C)
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 0.2 (EST)
- Molecular weight
- 194.28
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 8 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.
- Surfactant (surface active agent)4
- Anti-caking agent1
- Lubricating agent1
- Cleaning agent1
- Emulsifier1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- Perturbation of lamellar granule secretion by sodium caprate implicates epidermal tight junctions in lamellar granule function. · 2010
- Topical ocular protein delivery based on protein powder suspensions in semifluorinated alkanes. · 2023
- Nifedipine prevents sodium caprate-induced barrier dysfunction in human epidermal keratinocyte cultures. · 2015
- Modulation of transepithelial electric resistance (TEER) in reconstructed human epidermis by excipients known to permeate intestinal tight junctions · 2015
- Penetration of engineered antibody fragments into the eye · 2002
Linked databases 15
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- 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
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata