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Cerium

CAS 7440-45-1

Also registered as 4 other CAS numbers

13550-45-3 · 109882-76-0 · 110123-49-4 · 196959-41-8

Cerium chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Cerium in plain language

What it is

Also known as Elemental cerium · 58Ce · Atomic Cerium · Cerium metal · Cer · Cerium Standard: Ce @ 1000 microg/mL in 5% HNO3

Show all 21 names

Cerium Standard: Ce @ 10000 microg/mL in 5% HNO3 · Cerium atom · Cerium element · Cerium ingot · chips Cerium · Drier cerium · Element Cerium · Element-Ce · Nitric acid, cerium(3+) salt, hydrate · Un 1333 · Un 3078 · Zer · ce · cerio · cerium (as dust)

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Cerium yet.

Recorded functional uses: Proprietary

Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Cerium appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • In marketed US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 50 composition records across product categories including Furniture and furnishings, Industrial products, Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including proprietary.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 50 composition records across product categories including Furniture and furnishings, Industrial products, Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including proprietary.Source →
  • USFDAmarketed drug occurrenceFDA NDC lists this ingredient in 9 active drug products and 17 total products.
    • FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 9 active drug products and 17 total products.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Cerium yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

6 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated may 9, 2017

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA National Drug Code Directory

    regulatory · updated 2029-06-13

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Cerium in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

50

Named organisations

4

Furniture and furnishingsIndustrial productsLaboratory suppliesBatteriesHome maintenance

Typical roles

Proprietary
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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Cerium; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.