Lithium oxide (Li2O)

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 12057-24-8
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$12M
Top SourceChile 72%

The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 282520 · narrow

These shares come from HS customs code 282520, which covers 2 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CL 72%ChileCN 18%ChinaCH 9%Switzerland

Why It Matters

Sectors
Health
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • Adsorbents and absorbents in Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article

Vendor Pricing

$1.22/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$122.00 / 100 g
Purity99%
Vendors11 available

Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.

10 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina Hong Kong$1.32100 g99%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$2.13500 g97%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$2.80500 g97%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$2.9225 g98.5%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$3.82250 g98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$8.02100 g97%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$8.02100 g97%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$8.9625 g98%
AstaTech (2 weeks)United States$10.79100 g98%
AngeneChina Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg99%

Chemical Identity

CAS12057-24-8
PubChem CID166630
DTXSIDDTXSID10893208
FormulaLi2O
Mol. Weight29.9 g/mol
SMILES[Li+].[Li+].[O-2]

Data Sources

DTXSID108932082026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

1666302026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/166630/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/166630.json

12057-24-82026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 12057-24-82026-04-25

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv