Iridium

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

Molecular structure of 7439-88-5
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$349M
Top SourceSouth Africa 55%

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 711041, 711049 · narrow

These shares come from HS customs code 711041, 711049, which covers 2 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
ZA 55%South AfricaGB 21%United KingdomDE 20%GermanyJP 4%Japan
EPA-registered importers (2)
Basf Se · DE Germany
Basf

Why It Matters

Sectors
Metals & MiningCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 3 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • •Catalyst in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Catalyst in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities

Chemical Identity

CAS7439-88-5
PubChem CID23924
DTXSIDDTXSID0064674
FormulaIr
Mol. Weight192.22 g/mol
SMILES[Ir]

Data Sources

DTXSID00646742026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

239242026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/23924/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/23924.json

7439-88-52026-04-24

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

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

CAS 7439-88-52026-04-07

https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/

Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json

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