Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 9A9R72S37U · registered name SODIUM DECYLBENZENESULFONATE · mixture
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Sodium Dodecylbenzenesulfonate/TEA-Dodecylbenzenesulfonate/Sodium Decylbenzenesulfonate
Reviewed by CIR: Amended Safety Assessment of Dodecylbenzenesulfonate, Decylbenzenesulfonate, and Tridecylbenzenesulfonate as Used in Cosmetics
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 1322-98-1
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 215-347-5
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID4029642
Measured properties
- Appearance
- solid
- Vapour pressure
- 0.0000000000000128 ㎜Hg (25 ℃, est.)
- Water solubility
- 177 ㎎/ℓ (25℃, est.)
- Vapour density
- 11.1
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 20.2 (est.)
- Molecular weight
- 321.43
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 4 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)1
- Emulsifier1
- Surface modifier1
- Cleaning agent1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
3 skin studies and 2 eye studies are on record.
The studies disagree (the most common conclusion covers 50%), so they do not establish that this ingredient is irritating. These tests are on the raw material itself; irritation at the amount in a finished product is a different question.
See all 5 studies
- Category 2
Skin Irritation · Screening - Skin irritation - category 2
Skin Irritation · Screening - Not classified
Skin Sensitization · Screening - Eye damage - category 1
Eye Irritation · Screening - Classification not possible
Eye Irritation · Screening
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 13
- 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
- Tlooto literature search
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2 3
- US EPA CompTox dashboard
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)