Sodium hydride

CAS 7646-69-7

EPA’s 2023 records show zero U.S. production of this chemical.

HNa24.0 g/mol

no molecular structure to draw

US productionZero

Import value, 2024$31M

Import volumeCBI

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

Top sourceChina 29%

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. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 285000 · basket

EPA reports by year

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

These shares come from HS customs code 285000, which covers 58 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

CN 29%ChinaDE 29%GermanyJP 22%JapanTW 3%TaiwanIN 2%India

Canada
Russia
Slovenia
Hong Kong
Switzerland
Lithuania
Czech Republic
Spain
Israel
Australia

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

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

Carpenter Technology

Why It Matters

Sectors

Metals & Mining

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 FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

•Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS7646-69-7

PubChem CID24758

DTXSIDDTXSID90893680

FormulaHNa

Mol. Weight23.9977 g/mol

SMILES[H-].[Na+]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID90893680Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 24758Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Sodium hydride (CAS 7646-69-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/7646-69-7/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID90893680. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID90893680 PubChem: 24758. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/24758 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 7646-69-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 7646-69-7. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 285000 for CAS 7646-69-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/