Octadecane
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 290110 · basket
These shares come from HS customs code 290110, which covers 24 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.
- China
- Spain
- Italy
- Japan
- Israel
- Malaysia
- United Kingdom
- Austria
- Portugal
- India
- Poland
- Netherlands
- Turkey
- Switzerland
- Belgium
- Greece
- Sweden
Why It Matters
Industrial Uses
Used in 3 sectors as 2 functional roles.
- •Solvent in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
- •Heat stabilizer in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (1%)Processing as a reactant
- •Heat stabilizer in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
Vendor Pricing
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.06 | 5 kg | 90% |
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.07 | 1 kg | 98% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.08 | 1 kg | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech GmbH | Germany | $0.08 | 1 kg | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech Ltd. | China | $0.08 | 1 kg | 99% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.09 | 1 kg | 99% |
| BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited | United States | $0.11 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.11 | 1 kg | 99% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.13 | 100 g | 99% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.14 | 500 g | 98% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 96% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.29 | 500 g | 98% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.64 | 500 g | 99% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.64 | 500 g | 99% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $12.58 | 5 g | 98.68% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| ChemFaces | China | $1500.00 | 20 mg | 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/11635/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/11635.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