Magnesium aluminum silicate
U.S. production volumes are classified 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
Why It Matters
Industrial Uses
Used in 4 sectors as 3 functional roles.
- •Dehydrating agent (desiccant) in Plastics Product Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Absorbent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (98%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Dehydrating agent (desiccant) in Services (2%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Adsorbent in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—repackaging
Chemical Identity
Data Sources
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/3084116/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/3084116.json
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv