POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
Potassium chloride
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE is listed in the EU CosIng inventory, but no direct annex records are linked on this page yet.
Regulatory evidence by market
No rule for this ingredient has been imported for any of the 13 markets tracked here.
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Chemical identity and properties
Potassium Chloride
Potassium chloride is a metal chloride salt with a K(+) counterion. It has a role as a NMR chemical shift reference compound and a fertilizer. It is an inorganic potassium salt, a potassium salt and an inorganic chloride. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- potassium chloride
- Molecular formula
- ClK
- Molecular weight
- 74.55 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 73.9325592 Da
- Topological polar surface area
- 0.0 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 1
- Covalent units
- 2
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:32588
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL1200731
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID5021178
- PubMed:41627613
- PubMed:39192017
- PubMed:37217659
- PubMed:31778773
- PubMed:31332465
- PubMed:30842373
- PubMed:30320338
- PubMed:29691375
- PubMed:29293066
- PubMed:29161229
- PubMed:28085149
- PubMed:27422357
Retrieved from NIH PubChem on 2026-08-31 by checksum-valid CAS matching. Chemical properties do not replace the regulatory decision on this page.
Inventory details for POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
INCI name
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
INN name
potassium chloride
Ph. Eur. name
kalii chloridum
Description
Potassium chloride
Record provenance
- Inventory reference
- 36948
- Imported identity
- POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
- Source update
- 15/10/2010
Annex records for POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
Key data
- VISCOSITY CONTROLLING
- Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.
Official EU ingredient-name evidence
The ingredient name exactly matches the official 2025 EU glossary of common ingredient names.
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How POTASSIUM CHLORIDE appears in the CosIng inventory
The CosIng inventory lists POTASSIUM CHLORIDE as a cosmetic ingredient and this page links it to 0 annex records. The inventory entry captures names and identifiers, while the annex records show where the substance is prohibited, restricted or positively listed in EU cosmetics law.
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE is also tagged with 1 cosmetic function in the official data. Function labels describe intended use, but they do not replace regulatory review of linked annex records before formulation or labelling work.
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Source note for POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
This page reproduces the CosIng inventory entry for POTASSIUM CHLORIDE from public European Commission cosmetic ingredient materials and shows linked identifiers even when no direct annex match is currently attached.
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