How much products actually contain
No product states its amount yet.
Of the products containing it, 1 list it before the 1% line and 0 after it (usually 1% or less).
Products using this ingredient
1 of 1 confirmed · likeliest to carry enough first
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII J49FYF16JE · registered name Sodium persulfate · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Restricted
- South Korea · Taiwan
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information · Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients · Taiwan FDA cosmetic regulations
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 on the Safety Assessment of Ammonium, Potassium, and Sodium Persulfate
Reviewed by CIR: Amended Safety Assessment of Persulfates as Used in Cosmetics
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 7775-27-1
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 231-892-1
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID4029698
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID009698
- IUPAC
- Disodium [(sulfonatoperoxy)sulfonyl]oxidanide
- Molecular formula
- Na2O8S2
- Molecular weight
- 238.09 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Sodium persulfate appears as a white crystalline solid. Very irritating to skin and eyes. May be toxic by skin absorption. Used as a bleaching agent. · Dry Powder, Large Crystals, Liquid, Other Solid
- Solubility
- Solubility in water, g/100ml at 20 °C: 55.6
- Density
- 1.1 g/cm³ · 2.4 @25 °C
- Colour
- white
- Water solubility
- 55.6 g/100㎖ (20℃)
- Relative density
- 1.1
- Decomposition temperature
- 180 ℃
- Molecular weight
- 238.1
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 23 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.
- Oxidizing agent5
- Intermediate3
- Catalyst3
- Bleaching agent2
- Plating agent2
- Chemical reaction regulator2
- pH regulating agent2
- Viscosity modifier2
2 other uses
- Plasticizer1
- Etching agent1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
11 skin studies and 3 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 14 studies
- Skin irritation - category 2
Skin Irritation · Screening - Skin sensitization - Category 1
Skin Sensitization · Screening - Skin sensitisation - category 1
Skin Sensitization · Screening - Not classified
Skin Irritation · Screening - Category 6.3A (Category 2)
Skin Irritation · Read Across - Category 1
Skin Sensitization · Screening - Category 6.5B (Category 1)
Skin Sensitization · Read Across - High Frequency of Sensitization
skin sensitisation: in vivo (non-LLNA) · Screening · according to OECD Guideline 406 (Skin Sensitisation) (1981) - Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (non-LLNA) · Screening · according to EU Method B.6 (Skin Sensitisation) according to OECD Guideline 406 (Skin Sensitisation) (12 May 1981) - Ambiguous
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · other guideline: DOT Skin Corrosion Test according to - High Frequency of Sensitization
skin sensitisation: in vivo (LLNA) · Screening · equivalent or similar to OECD Guideline 429 (Skin Sensitisation: Local Lymph Node Assay) - Eye irritation - category 2A
Eye Irritation · Screening - Category 6.4A (Category 2A)
Eye Irritation · Read Across - Not classified
Eye Irritation · Screening
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
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- Amended Safety Assessment of Persulfates as Used in Cosmetics · 2022
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Linked databases 22
- AICIS inventory notices (Australia)
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEMBL
- 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
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3
- PubChem
- Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients
- Taiwan FDA cosmetic regulations
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2 3
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata
- Wikipedia · English · Chinese