Sulfur fluoride (SF6)

Drug ingredient

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

US ProductionCBI

Import Value$36M

Top SourceChina 32%

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 281290 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 281290, which covers 5 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

CN 32%ChinaIN 23%IndiaDE 14%GermanyKR 13%South KoreaIT 8%Italy

EPA-registered importers (2)

Linde

Linde Inc. (Formerly Praxair Inc.)

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthElectronicsWater

Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Lumason

FDA Shortage Status

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

•Etching agent in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities

Chemical Identity

CAS2551-62-4

PubChem CID17358

DTXSIDDTXSID8029656

FormulaF6S

Mol. Weight146.06 g/mol

SMILESFS(F)(F)(F)(F)F

Data Sources

DTXSID80296562026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

173582026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/17358/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/17358.json

2551-62-42026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 2551-62-42026-04-25

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv

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