Potassium silver cyanide

CAS 506-61-6

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 506-61-6 — 1 Ag⁺ · 1 K⁺

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$3M

Top sourceCroatia 58%

At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 284329 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production 28.1K lb · Imports Zero

These shares come from HS customs code 284329, which covers 28 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

HR 58%CroatiaGB 20%United KingdomJP 7%JapanES 6%SpainIN 3%India

North Macedonia
Taiwan
Malaysia
Saudi Arabia
Mexico
Czech Republic

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Metalor Technologies

Why It Matters

Sectors

Metals & Mining

Downstream UsesNot recorded

FDA Shortage Status

Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

•Plating agent in Primary Metal ManufacturingNot Known or Reasonably Ascertainable

Chemical Identity

CAS506-61-6

PubChem CID10474

DTXSIDDTXSID5024269

FormulaC2AgKN2

Mol. Weight199 g/mol

SMILES[C-]#N.[C-]#N.[K+].[Ag+]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID5024269Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 10474Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Potassium silver cyanide (CAS 506-61-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/506-61-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5024269. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5024269 PubChem: 10474. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/10474 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 506-61-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 506-61-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 284329 for CAS 506-61-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/