Selenium

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

Molecular structure of 7782-49-2
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$331M
Top SourceCanada 26%

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 280490, 320649 · exact

Source Countries
CA 26%CanadaDE 21%GermanyMX 13%MexicoJP 6%JapanCN 6%China
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Kennecott Utah Copper
EPA-registered importers (4)
Merck Kgaa · DE Germany
5N Plus
Ii-Vi
Versum Materials

Why It Matters

Sectors
EnergyCore Chemicals
Downstream UsesNo data available
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing as a reactant
  • Semiconductor and photovoltaic agent in Industrial Gas Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS7782-49-2
PubChem CID6326970
DTXSIDDTXSID9021261
FormulaSe
Mol. Weight78.97 g/mol
SMILES[Se]

Data Sources

DTXSID90212612026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

63269702026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/6326970/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/6326970.json

7782-49-22026-04-24

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

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

CAS 7782-49-22026-04-07

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

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