Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII KIA5203U1H · registered name TRIPOTASSIUM EDTA · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report on the Safety Assessment of EDTA, Calcium Disodium EDTA, Diammonium EDTA, Dipotassium EDTA, Disodium EDTA, HEDTA, TEA-EDTA, Tetrasodium EDTA, Tripotassium EDTA, Trisodium EDTA, and Trisodium HEDTA
Reviewed by CIR: EDTA and Salts
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name ＥＤＴＡ－３Ｋ: 本品は、エチレンジアミン四酢酸（ＥＤＴＡ（＊））の三カリウム塩であり、次の化学式で表される。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 17572-97-3
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 241-543-5
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID8058324
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID8032049
- IUPAC
- Tripotassium 2,2'-({2-[(carboxylatomethyl)(carboxymethyl)amino]ethyl}azanediyl)diacetate
- Molecular formula
- C10H13K3N2O8
- Molecular weight
- 406.515 g/mol
What products actually use it for
What the 4 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.
- Chelating agent3
- Processing aids not otherwise specified1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
1 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 1 studies
- SkinSens1
Skin Sensitization · QSAR Predicted
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 15
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- Tlooto literature search
- 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