Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 38W76YJ3JN · registered name SODIUM METHYL SULFATE · single chemical substance
Sodium Methyl Sulfate is the organic compound that conforms to the formula:
Cosmetic roles
Keeps an emulsion from separatingEMULSION STABILISING
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
SODIUM METHYL SULFATEINCISulfuric acid, monomethyl ester, sodium saltSynonym
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 512-42-5
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID0042406
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID8022406
- IUPAC
- Sodium methyl sulfate
- Molecular formula
- CH3NaO4S
- Molecular weight
- 134.08 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Large Crystals · White powder, [Sigma-Aldrich MSDS]
Values measured on the substance itself, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem
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.
- Surfactant (surface active agent)2
- Stabilizing agent1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 11
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- 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
- Wikipedia · Chinese