Potassium persulfate

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

Molecular structure of 7727-21-1
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$10M
Top SourceGermany 42%

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 283340 · narrow

These shares come from HS customs code 283340, which covers 4 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
DE 42%GermanyIN 34%IndiaCN 8%ChinaTW 7%TaiwanTR 4%Turkey
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Evonik
EPA-registered importers (3)
United Initiators Gmbh · DE Germany
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)
United Initiators

Why It Matters

Sectors
Plastics & RubberTextilesPaints & CoatingsCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 5 sectors as 5 functional roles.

  • •Catalyst in Plastics Material and Resin ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • •Oxidizing/reducing agents in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Catalyst in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (13%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Plasticizer in Plastics Product Manufacturing (0%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Bleaching agent in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (15%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (71%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.04/gA2B Chem LLC
CountryUnited States
Pack$19.00 / 500 g
Purity99%
Vendors7 available

Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.

6 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.04500 g99%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$0.081 kg99%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$0.111 kg99%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$0.111 kg99%
Fluorochem UKUnited Kingdom$0.141 kg99%
Fluorochem EUGermany$1.1625 g99%

Chemical Identity

CAS7727-21-1
PubChem CID24412
DTXSIDDTXSID4029690
FormulaK2O8S2
Mol. Weight270.33 g/mol
SMILES[O-]S(=O)(=O)OOS(=O)(=O)[O-].[K+].[K+]

Data Sources

DTXSID40296902026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

244122026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/24412/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/24412.json

7727-21-12026-04-24

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

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

CAS 7727-21-12026-04-25

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

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

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