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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 22583

POTASSIUM CARBONATE

This record confirms an official common ingredient name for EU cosmetic product labelling. It does not by itself confirm that the substance is permitted, unrestricted or safe.

Global evidence snapshot

The resolved identity has matching regulatory evidence in 0 of 13 indexed market datasets: 0 country records and 0 EU Annex records. Every result and evidence gap is listed below.

0 markets with evidence
Markets checked
13
Markets with evidence
0
Evidence gaps
13
Resolved identifiers
2

Resolved substance identity

CAS:584-08-7
EC:209-529-3
Ingredient index records:
POTASSIUM CARBONATE
Cosmetic functions: BUFFERING

Potassium carbonate

2 matched or reported names
POTASSIUM CARBONATEpotassium carbonate

Regulatory evidence across markets

None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name POTASSIUM CARBONATE.

That is a statement about this inventory, not about the law: no imported rule is not evidence that a substance is permitted. A rule may exist under a different name, under a CAS or EC number this glossary entry does not carry, or in a dataset not yet imported.

Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 584-08-7
CAS 584-08-7PubChem CID 11430

Potassium Carbonate

Potassium carbonate is a potassium salt that is the dipotassium salt of carbonic acid. It has a role as a fertilizer, a catalyst and a flame retardant. It is a potassium salt and a carbonate salt. — ChEBI

IUPAC name
dipotassium;carbonate
Molecular formula
CK2O3
Molecular weight
138.205 g/mol
Exact mass
137.91215683 Da
Topological polar surface area
63.2 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
0
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
3
Covalent units
3
Defined stereocentres
0

Also known as

Dipotassium carbonateCarbonate of potashPotassium carbonate, anhydrousCarbonic acid, dipotassium saltPearl ashSalt of tartarKaliumcarbonatKalium carbonicum
16 more reported names
K-GranPotassium carbonate (K2CO3)K2CO3Potassium carbonate (2:1)BQN1B9B9HAPotassium carbonate (K2(CO3))Kali carbonicumDcad plusINS NO.501(I)CHEBI:131526INS-501(I)E-501(I)Kali CarbGreenfish, Body-SZEROQKalium carbonicum 6X
External database identifiers

Retrieved from NIH PubChem on 2026-08-31 by checksum-valid CAS matching. Chemical properties do not replace the regulatory decision on this page.

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Official source and scope

Imported from Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175 (dataset version EU 2025/1175). The glossary supplies common ingredient names for the ingredient list required by Article 19(1)(g); it is not an approval or safety list.

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