Potassium silicate
Drug ingredientThis drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.
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 283990 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 283990, which covers 12 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
- Malaysia
- Denmark
- Turkey
- Switzerland
- Poland
- Hong Kong
- Czech Republic
- Finland
- Australia
- Spain
- Austria
3 FDA-registered drug labelers
Why It Matters
Appears in 3 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Bestmade Natural Products BM168
- •Mineffect first aid antiseptic and antibiotic solution
- •B06 Stress Resistance
Industrial Uses
Used in 9 sectors as 7 functional roles.
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (30%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Functional fluids (open systems) in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (70%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Binder in Machinery ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
- •Preservative in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (10%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Binder in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Corrosion inhibitor in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Binder in Construction (15%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Soil amendments (fertilizers) in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturing (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Adhesion/cohesion promoter in Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Coating Materials Manufacturing (10%)Processing—repackaging
Chemical Identity
Data Sources
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json