Potassium hydride (KH)

CAS 7693-26-7

US productionNot reported
Import value, 2024$31M
Top sourceChina 29%

This chemical is listed as active in US commerce, but no company reported it to EPA’s survey for 2019 or 2023. Sites may have made or imported less than the threshold amount, or none.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. 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

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

Why It Matters

No EPA sector or FDA product records name a use for this chemical.

Chemical Identity

CAS7693-26-7
PubChem CIDNot recorded
DTXSIDDTXSID10894770
FormulaHK
Mol. Weight40.106 g/mol
SMILES[K][H]

Data Sources

Brief citations

Potassium hydride (KH) (CAS 7693-26-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/7693-26-7/ EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 7693-26-7. Retrieved 2026-10-04. https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory US Census international trade: HS 285000 for CAS 7693-26-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/