Aluminum fluoride

Drug ingredient

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$29M
Top SourceMexico 92%

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 282612 · narrow

These shares come from HS customs code 282612, which covers 1 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
MX 92%MexicoCN 3%ChinaDE 2%GermanyCA 1%CanadaLT 1%Lithuania
EPA-registered manufacturers (4)
Alcoa
Century Aluminum
Chevron Phiillips Chemical Sweeny/Old Ocean
Magnitude 7 Metals
EPA-registered importers (2)
Century Aluminum
Rio Tinto America Holdings
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.

Why It Matters

Sectors
Plastics & RubberTransportationPaper & PrintingHealthConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningPaints & CoatingsConstruction
Downstream Uses

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

  • •Aluminium Fluoratum
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 11 sectors as 5 functional roles.

  • •Process regulators in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Catalyst in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Filler in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Pigment in Printing and Related Support Activities (1%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Pigment in Adhesive Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Pigment in Plastics Product Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Pigment in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Pigment in Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Pigment in Construction (1%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Pigment in Paper Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Pigment in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Pigment in Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

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

Data Sources

DTXSID80307122026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

21242026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/2124/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/2124.json

7784-18-12026-04-24

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

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

CAS 7784-18-12026-04-07

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

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

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