Gold

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

Molecular structure of 7440-57-5
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$13M
Top SourceGermany 57%

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 284310, 710811 · exact

Source Countries
DE 57%GermanyCH 10%SwitzerlandCA 9%CanadaJP 8%JapanIN 6%India
EPA-registered importers (2)
Basf Se · DE Germany
Basf

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsMetals & Mining
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

CAS7440-57-5
PubChem CID23985
DTXSIDDTXSID3064697
FormulaAu
Mol. Weight196.96657 g/mol
SMILES[Au]

Data Sources

DTXSID30646972026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

239852026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/23985/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/23985.json

7440-57-52026-04-24

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

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

CAS 7440-57-52026-04-07

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

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