Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII I566KHA05F · registered name FORMALDEHYDE SODIUM BISULFITE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Inhibits microbial growthANTIMICROBIALReduces other ingredientsREDUCING
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
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
SODIUM HYDROXYMETHANE SULFONATEINCI소듐하이드록시메탄설포네이트Korean label name (MFDS standard)Methanesulfonic acid, 1-hydroxy-, sodium salt (1:1)Synonym
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 870-72-4
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 212-800-9
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID3027328
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID107328
- IUPAC
- Sodium hydroxymethanesulfonate
- Molecular formula
- CH3NaO4S
- Molecular weight
- 134.08 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Liquid · White solid, [HSDB] White powder, [MSDSonline]
- Boiling point
- Decomposes
- Solubility
- Soluble in water · Soluble in methanol ... ethanol.
- Dissociation constant
- pKa= 6.92
- Colour
- white
- Initial boiling point and range
- &, gt, 192 ℃
- Vapour pressure
- 0.00000000000358 ㎜Hg
- Water solubility
- 820 g/ℓ(20℃)
- Vapour density
- 4.6
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- -5.99 (est.)
- Auto-ignition temperature
- 252 ℃
- Molecular weight
- 134.09
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 3 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.
- Biocide1
- Intermediate1
- Reducing agent1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 14
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEMBL
- 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
- 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