Potassium fluoride

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 7789-23-3
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 (7)
Merck Kgaa · DE Germany
Chalmette Refining
ExxonMobil
Henkel
Hollyfrontier
Show all 7
Pbf Energy
Versum Materials
EPA-registered importers (2)
Honeywell International
Royale Pigments And Chemicals
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthMetals & MiningElectronicsTransportationAgricultureConstruction
Downstream Uses

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

  • Kali Fluoratum
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 11 sectors as 7 functional roles.

  • Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (99%)Processing as a reactant
  • Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Intermediate in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Intermediate in Machinery Manufacturing (0.24%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Intermediate in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (0.24%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Intermediate in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (0.12%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Intermediate in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (49.4%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Binder in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (10.5%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Binder in Machinery Manufacturing (15.09%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Binder in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (47.82%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Binder in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (15.8%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Binder in Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (10.78%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Abrasives in Non-metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (includes clay, glass, cement, concrete, lime, gypsum, and other non-metallic mineral product manufacturing) (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (1%)Processing as a reactant
  • Intermediate in Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (19%)Processing as a reactant
  • Flux agent in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (75%)Processing as a reactant
  • Plating agents and surface treating agents in Primary Metal Manufacturing (2%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS7789-23-3
PubChem CID522689
DTXSIDDTXSID8031940
FormulaFK
Mol. Weight58.0967 g/mol
SMILES[F-].[K+]

Data Sources

DTXSID80319402026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

5226892026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/522689/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/522689.json

7789-23-32026-04-24

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

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

CAS 7789-23-32026-04-07

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

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