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Oxygen

CAS 1338-93-8

Also registered as 7 other CAS numbers

14797-70-7 · 80217-98-7 · 80937-33-3 · 1053656-93-1 · 1173018-52-4 · 1397194-37-4 · 7782-44-7

Oxygen chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Oxygen in plain language

What it is

Also known as Dioxygen · Molecular oxygen · Oxygen molecule · Compressed oxygen · E-948 · E948

Show all 23 names

Ins NO.948 · INS-948 · Liquid oxygen · O2 · liquified Oxygen · Oxygen,99.8% Min. Purity,5.66M3 Gas Volume · Oxygen-16 · Pure oxygen · oxidanone · oxigeno · oxygen (gas) · oxygen (percentage is based on volume) · oxygen 20.3-20.7% · oxygene · Oxygenium · RNS-60 component oxygen · RNS60 component oxygen

What it does

Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent.

  • Skin conditioning
  • Conditioner
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

Regulation

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

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Beauty
  • Cleaning
  • Pharma
  • Industrial
  • EUCosIngActiveListed in CosIng inventory for cosmetic use.
    • Listed in CosIng inventory for cosmetic use.Source →
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 583 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Home maintenance, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Softener and conditioner, No specific technical function, Degradant/impurity.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 583 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Home maintenance, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Softener and conditioner, No specific technical function, Degradant/impurity.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Oxygen. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

  • SCCS

    EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety

    No SCCS opinion on file.

  • CIR

    Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)

    No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Oxygen 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

  • CosIng

    regulatory · updated 2026-09-23

    Open →
  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated may 1, 2017

    Open →
  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

    Open →
  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

    Open →
  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

    Open →
  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

    Open →
Reference links (2)
Openfda substance

adisinsight.springer.com

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 Oxygen in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

583

Named organisations

6

Laboratory suppliesHome maintenanceCleaning products and household careCleaning and safetyIndustrial productsSpecialty occupational products

Typical roles

Skin conditioningConditioner
See products using Oxygen →

Catalog

Found in these products

Cosmetic and personal-care products that list Oxygen are shown first. Their ingredient lists include Oxygen; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.