Lithium fluoride

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 7789-24-4
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 importers (2)
Basstech International
The Lincoln Electric
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthMetals & Mining
Downstream Uses

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

  • Lithium Fluoratum
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 1 sector as 1 functional role.

  • Fillers in Machinery ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS7789-24-4
PubChem CID224478
DTXSIDDTXSID10894119
FormulaFLi
Mol. Weight26 g/mol
SMILES[Li+].[F-]

Data Sources

DTXSID108941192026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

2244782026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/224478/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/224478.json

7789-24-42026-04-24

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

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

CAS 7789-24-42026-04-07

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

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