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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 22777

POTASSIUM TETRATHIONATE

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:13932-13-3
EC:237-702-3
Ingredient index records:
POTASSIUM TETRATHIONATE
Cosmetic functions: REDUCING

Tetrathionic acid, dipotassium salt

1 matched or reported name
POTASSIUM TETRATHIONATE

Regulatory evidence across markets

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

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 13932-13-3
CAS 13932-13-3PubChem CID 61701

Potassium Tetrathionate

Potassium tetrathionate is a potassium salt composed of potassium and tetrathionate ions in a 2:1 ratio. It contains a tetrathionate(2-). — ChEBI

Molecular formula
K2O6S4
Molecular weight
302.5 g/mol
Exact mass
301.7851854 Da
Topological polar surface area
182.0 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
0
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
8
Covalent units
3
Defined stereocentres
0

Also known as

Tetrathionic acid, dipotassium saltDipotassium tetrathionateTetrathionic acid, potassium salt (1:2)8X6V5C8FZ9CHEBI:86466Tetrathionate, PotassiumRefChem:175623237-702-3
15 more reported names
POTASSIUMTETRATHIONATEEINECS 237-702-3UNII-8X6V5C8FZ9Potassium tetrathionate [K2S406]POTASSIUM TETRATHIONATE (K2S4O6)CAS-13932-13-3Caswell No. 702AEPA Pesticide Chemical Code 075903FT-0689262K2O6S4UVTKHPSJNFFIDG-UHFFFAOYSA-LTox21_302315Tetrathionic acid,potassium salt (1:2)DB-231703CS-0196759
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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