Pentaerythritol tetrapentanoate
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 291560 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 291560, which covers 31 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
- Ireland
- South Korea
- United Arab Emirates
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Israel
- Brazil
- Canada
Why It Matters
Industrial Uses
Used in 4 sectors as 3 functional roles.
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricating agent in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Plasticizer in Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (3%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Plasticizer in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (97%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
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/85131/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/85131.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