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Chromium iron oxide

CAS 12737-27-8

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

39422-17-8

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Chromium iron oxide in plain language

What it is

Also known as C.I. 77500 · Chrome black · iron salt Chromic acid · Ferrite chromium spinel · Ferrochromite · Iron chromate

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chromium(3+) ion oxoiron

What it does

Used in consumer products as a colourant.

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. Chromium iron oxide appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 19 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Raw materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Pigment.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 19 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Raw materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Pigment.Source →

Evidence & sources

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

2 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated october 19, 2016

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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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 Chromium iron oxide in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

19

Named organisations

6

Construction and building materialsRaw materials

Typical roles

Colourant
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