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Butylnaphthalenesulfonic acid sodium salt

CAS 25638-17-9

Also registered as 5 other CAS numbers

12769-57-2 · 27178-71-8 · 64886-90-4 · 73560-52-8 · 128858-86-6

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Butylnaphthalenesulfonic acid sodium salt in plain language

What it is

Also known as Butylnaphthalenesulfonate sodium salt · sodium salt Butylnaphthalenesulfonic acid · Monobutylnaphthalen sulfonia acid sodium salt · Sodium alkylnaphthalenesulfonate · Sodium butylnaphthalenesulphonate · naphthalenesulfonic acid, butyl-, sodium salt (1:1)

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sodium butylnaphthalenesulfonate

What it does

Used in consumer products as a surfactant.

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. Butylnaphthalenesulfonic acid sodium salt appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Beauty
  • Cleaning
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 8 composition records across product categories including Unknown or Indeterminate, Personal care, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Surfactant (surface active agent).
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 8 composition records across product categories including Unknown or Indeterminate, Personal care, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Surfactant (surface active agent).Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Butylnaphthalenesulfonic acid sodium salt. 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 Butylnaphthalenesulfonic acid sodium salt 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 January 7, 2008

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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 Butylnaphthalenesulfonic acid sodium salt in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

8

Named organisations

3

Unknown or IndeterminatePersonal careCleaning products and household care

Typical roles

Surfactant
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