Magnesium difluoride

Drug ingredient

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 7783-40-6
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$43M
Top SourceChina 35%

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 282619 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 282619, which covers 15 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 35%ChinaDE 25%GermanyJP 21%JapanIN 10%IndiaTW 6%Taiwan
EPA-registered manufacturers (3)
Basf Se · DE Germany
Basf
Materion

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsPaints & CoatingsHealth
Downstream Uses

Appears in 4 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • Supren
  • Kelan
  • Magnesia Fluorata
  • Free Radical
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 2 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • Catalyst in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingUse—non-incorporative activities
  • Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS7783-40-6
PubChem CID24546
DTXSIDDTXSID7052523
FormulaF2Mg
Mol. Weight62.302 g/mol
SMILES[F-].[F-].[Mg+2]

Data Sources

DTXSID70525232026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

245462026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/24546/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/24546.json

7783-40-62026-04-24

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

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

CAS 7783-40-62026-04-25

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

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