Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII O09USB7Z44 · registered name STRONTIUM CHLORIDE HEXAHYDRATE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Restricted
- Taiwan
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Argentina · Brazil
- Field of application and/or use : (a) Toothpaste (b) Shampoo and face care products
- Maximum concentration permitted at final product : (a) 3.5% calculated as strontium.When it is mixed with other substances permitted containing strontium, the total content of strontium should not exceed 3.5%. (b) 2.1% calculated as strontium.When it is mixed with other substances permitted containing strontium, the total content of strontium should not exceed 2.1%.
- Use conditions and warnings that must appear on the label : It contains strontium chloride. It's not recommended its use in children.
ASEAN
- Field of application and/or use : (a) Toothpaste (b) Shampoo and face care products
- Maximum authorised concentration in the finished cosmetic product : (a) 3.5% calculated as strontium. When mixed with other permitted strontium products the total strontium content must not exceed 3.5% (b) 2.1% calculated as strontium. When mixed with other permitted strontium compounds, the total strontium content must not exceed 2.1%
- Conditions of use and warning which must be printed on the labels : • Contains strontium chloride • Frequent use by children is not advisable
European Union
- Product Type, body parts : (a) Oral products (b) Shampoo and face products
- Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation : (a) 3.5% (as strontium) When mixed with other permitted strontium products the total strontium content must not exceed 3.5% (b) 2.1% (as strontium) When mixed with other permitted strontium products the total strontium content must not exceed 2.1%
- Wording of conditions of use and warnings : Contains strontium chloride Frequent use by children is not advisable
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
EU Cosmetics Regulation, Annex III (restricted substances), entry 57 · maximum concentration (a) 3.5% (as strontium) When mixed with other permitted strontium products the total strontium content must not exceed 3.5% (b) 2.1% (as strontium) When mixed with other permitted strontium products the total strontium content must not exceed 2.1% · applies to (a) Oral products (b) Shampoo and face products
Restriction III/57 · Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 10025-70-4
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID00143067
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID1065558
- IUPAC
- Strontium chloride--water (1/2/6)
- Molecular formula
- Cl2H12O6Sr
- Molecular weight
- 266.61 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Colorless or white odorless solid, Effloresces in air, Deliquescent, [Merck Index] White crystals, [Sigma-Aldrich MSDS]
- Colour
- colourless
- Melting/freezing point
- 61 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 100 ℃
- Water solubility
- 1062000 ㎎/ℓ
- Relative density
- (1.92-2.02g/㎤)
- Molecular weight
- 266.62
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 1 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.
- Softener and conditioner1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
2 skin studies and 0 eye studies are on record.
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 2 studies
- Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (non-LLNA) · Screening · according to OECD Guideline 406 (Skin Sensitisation) , adopted 1992-07-17 - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 404 (Acute Dermal Irritation / Corrosion) adopted 1992-07-17 according to
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 17
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- EU restricted substances (Annex III)
- EU SCCS safety opinions
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3 4
- PubChem
- Tlooto literature search 2 3
- 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