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Aluminum fluoride

Drug ingredient

CAS 7784-18-1

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

Molecular structure of 7784-18-1
US productionCBI
Import value, 2024$29M
Top sourceMexico 92%

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. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 282612 · narrow

EPA reports by year
2023
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

HS 282612 covers only Aluminum fluoride, so these shares are Aluminum fluoride's own.

Source Countries
MX 92%MexicoCN 3%ChinaDE 2%GermanyCA 1%CanadaLT 1%Lithuania
EPA-registered manufacturers (5)
Alcoa
Century Aluminum Of South Carolina
Magnitude 7 Metals
Marathon Petroleum
Rio Tinto America Holdings
Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (2)
Century Aluminum
Chemours
EPA-registered importers (3)
Certified Flux Solutions
Chevron Phillips Chemical
Wego Chemical Group
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberConsumer ProductsPaints & Coatings
Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Aluminium Fluoratum
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 8 sectors as 6 functional roles.

  • •Flux agent in Not Known or Reasonably AscertainableProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Catalyst in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Pigment in Wholesale and Retail Trade (4%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Pigment in Plastics Product Manufacturing (4%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Pigment in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Flux agent in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Filler in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Intermediate in Other (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Density modifier in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Catalyst in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS7784-18-1
PubChem CID2124
DTXSIDDTXSID8030712
FormulaAlF3
Mol. Weight83.976748 g/mol
SMILESF[Al](F)F

Data Sources

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Brief citations

Aluminum fluoride (CAS 7784-18-1) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/7784-18-1/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID8030712. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID8030712 PubChem: 2124. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/2124 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 7784-18-1. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 7784-18-1. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 282612 for CAS 7784-18-1. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/