Rare earth chlorides
No U.S. production. America imports the entire domestic supply.
US ProductionZero
Import Volume2.2M lbs
Import Dependency100%
Where It Comes From
Why It Matters
Sectors
Water
Downstream UsesNo data available
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
Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.
- •Flocculating agent in Utilities (100%)Processing as a reactant
Chemical Identity
CAS68188-88-5
PubChem CIDNo data available
DTXSIDDTXSID6097491
FormulaNo data available
Mol. WeightNo data available
SMILESNo data available
Data Sources
DTXSID60974912026-04-06
https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566
Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv
68188-88-52026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv
CAS 68188-88-52026-04-25
https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting
Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr_industrial.csv