Lithium octadecanoate
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 291570, 382499 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 291570, 382499, which covers 193 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
- Liechtenstein
- Chile
- Ireland
- Vietnam
- Austria
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Israel
- Australia
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Hungary
- Denmark
- South Africa
- Philippines
- Norway
- Czech Republic
- El Salvador
- New Zealand
- Portugal
- Slovenia
- Morocco
- Monaco
- Argentina
- Saudi Arabia
- Finland
- Egypt
- Oman
- Slovakia
- Qatar
- Ukraine
- Lebanon
- Estonia
- Serbia
- Costa Rica
- Belarus
- Peru
- Hong Kong
- Croatia
- Luxembourg
- Cambodia
- Bulgaria
- Greece
- Uruguay
- Romania
- Tunisia
- Zimbabwe
- Dominican Republic
- Georgia
- Malta
- Sri Lanka
- Jamaica
- Armenia
Why It Matters
Industrial Uses
Used in 6 sectors as 3 functional roles.
- •Anti-adhesive agents in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
- •Lubricating agent in Machinery Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Lubricants and lubricant additives in Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (37%)Processing—incorporation into article
- •Lubricating agent in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
Vendor Pricing
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
14 more vendors
| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.03 | 500 g | 98% |
| BLD Pharmatech GmbH | Germany | $0.04 | 1 kg | 98% |
| BLD Pharmatech Ltd. | China | $0.04 | 1 kg | 98% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.08 | 1 kg | 98% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.09 | 1 kg | 98% |
| BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited | United States | $0.11 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.11 | 1 kg | 98% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.11 | 1 kg | 95% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.15 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.36 | 500 g | 98% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $0.45 | 500 g | 97% |
| MedKoo Biosciences, Inc | United States | $10.00 | 25 g | 98% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 98% |
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/517357/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/517357.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