What is this ingredient?

미국 FDA 물질 등록 · UNII 5HT6X21AID · 등록명 SODIUM FERROCYANIDE · 단일 화학물질

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Ingredient Dictionary

SODIUM FERROCYANIDE

Sodium hexacyanoferrate(4-) is a hexacyanoferrate(4-) salt.

How much products actually contain

No product states its amount yet.

Of the products containing it, 10 list it before the 1% line and 3 after it (usually 1% or less).

Products using this ingredient

12 of 13 confirmed · likeliest to carry enough first · See all 13

Definition

US FDA substance register · UNII 5HT6X21AID · registered name SODIUM FERROCYANIDE · single chemical substance

Source: US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)

Sodium hexacyanoferrate(4-) is a hexacyanoferrate(4-) salt.

Source: PubChem

Cosmetic roles

Stops powders from cakingANTICAKING

Safety & regulatory references

Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance

Source: Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)

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

Official labels & definitions

JCIA labelling name フェロシアン化Ｎａ: 本品は、次の化学式で表される有機錯体である。

Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)

Names & identifiers

SODIUM FERROCYANIDEINCI소듐페로시아나이드Korean label name (MFDS standard)Ferrate(4-), hexakis(cyano-C)-, tetrasodium, (OC-6-11)-Synonymフェロシアン化ＮａJapanese labelling name

CAS No.chemical registry number: 13601-19-9
DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID: DTXSID3051337
DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID: DTXCID4029939

IUPAC: Tetrasodium hexakis(cyanido-kappaC)ferrate(4-)
Molecular formula: C6FeN6Na4
Molecular weight: 303.912 g/mol

Measured properties

Appearance: Sodium ferrocyanide is an odorless yellow solid. Sinks and mixes with water. (USCG, 1999) · Yellow crystals or crystalline powder
Odour: ODORLESS · odourless
Solubility: Solubility (% in water): 10.2% @ 1 °C, 14.7% @ 17 °C, 17.6% @ 25 °C, 28.1% @ 53 °C, 39% @ 85 °C, 39.7% @ 96.6 °C /Calculated as anhydrous/ · Pale yellow, monoclinic crystals, practically insol in most organic solvents, becomes anhydrous @ 81.5 °C, decomp 435 °C, forming sodium cyanide, iron, carbon and nitrogen /decahydrate/
Density: 1.458 at 77 °F (USCG, 1999) - Denser than water, will sink · 1.46
Stability: SLIGHTLY EFFLORESCENT, STEADY DEHYDRATION OCCURS ABOVE 50 °C /DECAHYDRATE/
Water solubility: 363 (20 °C, g/L)
Relative density: 1.62 (20 °C)
Molecular weight: 303.91

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 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.

Anti-caking agent7
Degradant/impurity (EPA)1

Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard

Irritation and sensitisation studies

2 skin studies and 1 eye studies are on record.

Classed as low2

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 3 studies

Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (LLNA) · Screening · according to OECD Guideline 429 (Skin Sensitisation: Local Lymph Node Assay) according to EU Method B.42 (Skin Sensitisation: Local Lymph Node Assay) according to EPA OPPTS 870.2600 (Skin Sensitisation)
Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 404 (Acute Dermal Irritation / Corrosion) first version 1981. equivalent or similar to
Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
eye irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 405 (Acute Eye Irritation / Corrosion) (2002) equivalent or similar to