Tin

CAS 7440-31-5

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

Sn118.7 g/mol

no molecular structure to draw

US productionCBI

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

Top sourceNo public record

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.

Where It Comes From

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

EPA-registered manufacturers (10)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Ecobat

Edison Group Companies

Luvata Fabrication North America

Macdermid

Metallic Resources

Show all 10

Nathan Trotter And

P Kay Metal-Lewiston

Real Alloy Holding

Real Alloy Recycling

Tennessee Aluminum Processors

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (5)

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

Envirofocus Technologies

Pmc Group N.A

Toyota Tsusho America

Trafigura Trading

United States Steel

EPA-registered importers (23)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Glencore Plc · CH Switzerland

Harima Chemicals · JP Japan

Heraeus Holding Gmbh · DE Germany

Jfe Steel · JP Japan

Teck Resources · CA Canada

Show all 23

Toyota Tsusho · JP Japan

Alter Trading

Cleveland-Cliffs

Crown Battery Manufacturing

East Penn Manufacturing

Glencore

Gulbrandsen Chemicals

Harimatec

Henkel

Heraeus Incorporated, Hic

Honeywell International (123312)

Invision Capital

Kymera International

Nathan Trotter &

Nucor

Steel Dynamics

Tamura Kaken Corp., Usa

Teck American Incorporated

Why It Matters

Sectors

EnergyWaterElectronicsTransportationConstructionMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberConsumer ProductsCore Chemicals

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 Shortage

Industrial Uses

Used in 11 sectors as 13 functional roles.

•Stabilizing agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Dye in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Dye in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Plating agent in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Plating agent in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Binder in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (76%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Alloys in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
•Adhesion/cohesion promoter in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Alloys in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
•Alloys in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Corrosion inhibitor in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
•Plating agent in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (31%)Processing—incorporation into article
•Catalyst in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
•Flux agent in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Corrosion inhibitor in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Alloys in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Solvent in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (20%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Plating agent in Utilities (10%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Intermediate in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Alloys in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
•Alloys in Computer and Electronic Product ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into article
•Abrasives in Construction (25%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
•Ion exchange agent in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
•Corrosion inhibitor in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into article
•Corrosion inhibitor in Primary Metal Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into article

Chemical Identity

CAS7440-31-5

PubChem CID5352426

DTXSIDDTXSID1049801

FormulaSn

Mol. Weight118.71 g/mol

SMILES[Sn]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID1049801Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 5352426Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
FDA Drug ShortagesRetrieved 2026-06-13

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Brief citations

Tin (CAS 7440-31-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/7440-31-5/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID1049801. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID1049801 PubChem: 5352426. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5352426 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 7440-31-5. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA Drug Shortages: CAS 7440-31-5. Retrieved 2026-06-13. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/drugshortages/