Sodium aluminate
U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.
US ProductionCBI
Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.
Import Value$73M
Top SourceSouth Korea 47%
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 284190 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 284190, which covers 23 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
Source Countries
Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2023).
KR 47%South KoreaJP 16%JapanCA 11%CanadaBE 4%BelgiumGB 4%United Kingdom
- Mexico
- Croatia
- Italy
- India
- Austria
- Turkey
- Hong Kong
- Denmark
- Czech Republic
- Ireland
EPA-registered manufacturers (11)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Fujifilm Holdings Japan · JP Japan
Johnson Matthey Public · GB United Kingdom
Chevron Phillips Chemical
Fujifilm Holdings America
G2O Technologies Intermediate
Show all 11
Johnson Matthey
Kemira Chemicals
Southern Ionics
Tower Extrusions
Usal
W. R. Grace & Co. - Conn.
EPA-registered importers (3)
Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.
Ineos Us I
Kemira Water Solutions
Merichem
Why It Matters
Sectors
HealthFoodEnergyWaterConstructionTextilesConsumer ProductsPaints & CoatingsPaper & PrintingCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."
No FDA shortage records
Industrial Uses
Used in 11 sectors as 11 functional roles.
- •Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Cleaning agent in Printing and Related Support Activities (30%)Processing as a reactant
- •Flocculating agent in Utilities (70%)Processing as a reactant
- •Solids separation agents in Utilities (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in All other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Process regulators in Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Flocculating agent in Paper Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Flocculating agent in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
- •Flocculating agent in Wholesale and Retail Trade (2%)Processing—repackaging
- •Flocculating agent in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturing (1%)Processing—repackaging
- •Catalyst in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (20%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (1%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Solids separation (precipitating) agent, not otherwise specified in Utilities (10%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Reducing agent in Wholesale and Retail Trade (1%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Solids separation (precipitating) agent, not otherwise specified in Wholesale and Retail Trade (9%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Pigment in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (23%)Processing as a reactant
- •Reducing agent in Utilities (1%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •pH regulating agent in Paper Manufacturing (7%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Intermediate in Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (5%)Processing as a reactant
- •Intermediate in Utilities (5%)Use—non-incorporative activities
Vendor Pricing
$0.02/gSigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)
CountryGermany
Pack$833.22 / 50 kg
PurityNo data available
Vendors5 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
4 more vendors
| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.02 | 50 kg | — |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.03 | 500 g | — |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.03 | 500 g | — |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.18 | 500 g | 50% |
Chemical Identity
CAS1302-42-7
PubChem CID14766
DTXSIDDTXSID3051206
FormulaAlNaO2
Mol. Weight81.97 g/mol
SMILESO=[Al-]=O.[Na+]
Data Sources
DTXSID30512062026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
147662026-04-06
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/14766/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/14766.json
1302-42-72026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 1302-42-72026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv