Magnesium 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
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
Why It Matters
Industrial Uses
Used in 4 sectors as 4 functional roles.
- •Heat stabilizer in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
- •Surface modifier in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Catalyst in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (96%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
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/72941442/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/72941442.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